Mow

[məʊ] or [mo]

Definition

(verb.) cut with a blade or mower; 'mow the grass'.

Edited by Cary--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A wry face.

(v. i.) To make mouths.

(n.) Same as Mew, a gull.

(pres. sing.) of Mow

(v.) May; can.

(v. t.) To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.

(v. t.) To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.

(v. t.) To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks of men.

(v. i.) 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. t.) To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away.

Editor: Paula

Definition

n. a pile of hay or corn in sheaves laid up in a barn.—v.t. to lay hay or sheaves of grain in a heap:—pr.p. mow′ing; pa.t. mowed; pa.p. mowed or mown.—v.i. Mow′burn to heat and ferment in the mow.

n. a wry face.—v.i. to make grimaces.

v.t. to cut down with a scythe: to cut down in great numbers:—pr.p. mow′ing; pa.t. mowed; pa.p. mowed or mown.—adjs. Mowed Mown cut down with a scythe: cleared of grass with a scythe as land.—ns. Mow′er one who mows grass &c.: a machine for mowing grass; Mow′ing the act of cutting down with a scythe: land from which grass is cut; Mow′ing-machine′ a machine with revolving cutters for mowing lawns.

Typed by Damian