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Definition of 'mow'English
Etymology 1
(etyl) mowen (participle mowen), from (etyl) )
Verb
To cut something (especially grass or crops) down or knock down.
- He mowed the lawn .
Derived terms
* mow down
Etymology 2
(etyl) (m), from (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.212:
*:Those that paint them dyingdelineate the prisoners spitting in their executioners faces, and making mowes at them.
* Shakespeare
- Make mows at him.
Verb
( en-verb)
To make grimaces, mock.
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
- For every trifle are they set upon me: / Sometime like apes that mow and chatter at me, / And after bite me;
* Tyndale
- Nodding, becking, and mowing .
Etymology 3
(etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans.
The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
Verb
( en-verb)
(agriculture) To put into mows.
Etymology 4
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