Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The place in a barn where hay, grain, or other feed is stored.
- n. A stack of hay or other feed stored in a barn.
- v. To cut down (grass or grain) with a scythe or a mechanical device.
- v. To cut (grass or grain) from: mow the lawn.
- v. To cut down grass or other growth.
- mow down To destroy in great numbers as if cutting down, as in battle.
- mow down To overwhelm: mowed down the opposition with strong arguments.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To cut down (grass or grain) with a sharp implement; cut with a scythe or (in recent use) a mowing-machine; hence, to cut down in general.
- To cut the grass from: as, to mow a meadow.
- To cut down indiscriminately, or in great numbers or quantity.
- To cut down grass or grain; practise mowing; use the scythe or (in modern use) mowing-machine.
- n. A heap or pile of hay, or of sheaves of grain, deposited in a barn; also, in the west of England, a rick or stack of hay or grain.
- n. The compartment in a barn where hay, sheaves of grain, etc., are stored.
- To put in a mow; lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a pile, heap, or mass in a barn: commonly with away.
- To be able; may. See may.
- n. A kinswoman; a sister-in-law.
- n. A grimace, especially an insulting one; a mock.
- n. A jest; a joke: commonly in the plural.
- To make months or grimaces; mock. Compare mop.
- n. A Chinese land-measure, equal to about one sixth of an English acre.
- n. Also spelled mou.
Wiktionary
- v. To cut something (especially grass or crops) down or knock down.
- n. A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans.
- v. agriculture To put into mows.
- v. To make grimaces, mock.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A wry face.
- v. To make mouths.
- n. (Zoöl.) Same as mew, a gull.
- v. obsolete, obsolete May; can.
- v. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.
- v. To cut the grass from.
- v. To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with
down . - v. To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay.
- n. A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.
- n. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
- v. To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away.
WordNet 3.0
- v. make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
- v. cut with a blade or mower
- n. a loft in a barn where hay is stored
Etymologies
- Middle English mowe, from Middle French moue ("lip, pout"), from Old French moe ("grimace"), from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”). Akin to Middle Dutch mouwe ("protruding lip"). Cognate to moue ("pout"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, stack of hay, from Old English mūga.Middle English mowen, from Old English māwan; see mē-4 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Hey does your cousin mow from the left side of the feild or the right?”
“• 5:00 AM–7:00 AM, which is named Mao time pronounced mow, rhymes with now”
“You can't call mow a coward now because I'm going to prison.”
“Christopher says the most efficient way to mow is to choose a specific area and mow in a circular motion from the edges toward the center.”
“Britain women are never suffered to mow, which is a most athletic and exhausting labor, nor to load a cart, nor to drive a plough or hold it.”
“I fired up the weed whacker today too with hopes that I might be able to "mow" the tree patch near our house.”
“One that he can "mow" lovingly with a pair of scissors?”
“There, in the "mow," while we devise bitter and futile conspiracies against society, the mare, munching her fodder, looks up at us with patient eyes, as if to say: "Am I not also mortified for the faith?”
“No temptation to do anything silly or rash, such as mow the lawn, seal the fence or play the skins game at Grey Rock.”
“Welsh sheep to 'mow' the lawns and to eat, adds her son, Nick.”
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oroboros Cut inches off yards? --NYT crossword clue Feb 16, 2012
oroboros MOW (inverted) = MOW Feb 16, 2012