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  • noun Plural form of mow.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mow.

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Examples

  • Under the mows were the stalls for the horses and the stanchions for the cattle.

    Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) Nellie Lathrop Helm 1869

  • Instead of driving all the time, most days she and Addison can be found pruning the vineyard together as a flock of sheep "mows" the grassy acreage.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • Instead of driving all the time, most days she and Addison can be found pruning the vineyard together as a flock of sheep "mows" the grassy acreage.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • Instead of driving all the time, most days she and Addison can be found pruning the vineyard together as a flock of sheep "mows" the grassy acreage.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • Instead of driving all the time, most days she and Addison can be found pruning the vineyard together as a flock of sheep "mows" the grassy acreage.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • Well, I think the extreme political polarization of the country over the last twenty years, led by talk radio and followed up by Fox News, is in a large degree responsible for the election of GWB, among others, and fosters a climate where the party in power mercilessly mows over the opposition no matter how slim their margin.

    Matthew Yglesias » Bloggers Loving It 2009

  • Well, I think the extreme political polarization of the country over the last twenty years, led by talk radio and followed up by Fox News, is in a large degree responsible for the election of GWB, among others, and fosters a climate where the party in power mercilessly mows over the opposition no matter how slim their margin.

    Matthew Yglesias » Bloggers Loving It 2009

  • Its most aggressive resident is the goat that mows the lawn.

    Security Blanket 2009

  • HOUSTON—With oil markets still jittery in the wake of the Arab Spring, this year's hurricane season could make traders jump if a big storm mows through the Gulf of Mexico's drilling platforms.

    Hurricane Could Jolt Oil Markets, But Unlikely To Rock Natural Gas Ryan Dezember 2011

  • Spero Lucas is an engagingly layered character: the churchgoer who thanks God for the gift of life but shows no mercy to those trying to kill him; the war veteran who still mows his mother's lawn; the ladies man on the cusp of 30 trying to make up for the wild-oats years he missed.

    Soldiering On When Trouble Breaks Out Tom Nolan 2011

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