mow
IPA: mˈoʊ
noun
- The act of mowing (a garden, grass, etc.).
- (cricket) A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
- (now only dialectal) A scornful grimace; a wry face.
- (now regional) 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.
- A surname.
- Alternative form of mew (a seagull) [(archaic, poetic, dialectal) A gull, seagull.]
- Initialism of meals on wheels. [A service that delivers food to those unable to cook for themselves, such as the elderly and people with disabilities.]
verb
- (transitive) To cut down grass or crops.
- (transitive, often with through) To cut down or slaughter in great numbers.
- To make grimaces, mock.
- (agriculture) To put into mows.
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Examples of "mow" in Sentences
- It's a reminder to mow your lawn.
- This is the smell of freshly mowed grass.
- He is mowing the lawn and drinking scotch.
- On the weekends, he mows the lawn and eats fruit.
- You can't mow the grass until the battle is over.
- I just mowed the grass for the first time in 2009.
- Earl Smith started out not wanting to mow a lawn anymore.
- The tops of the foundations are visible in the mowed lawn.
- You can't call mow a coward now because I'm going to prison.
- The grass in the meadow garden is mowed only once or twice a year.
- Buchanan was shot while mowing the grass at the Fitzgerald Auto Mall.
- 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
- I fired up the weed whacker today too with hopes that I might be able to "mow" the tree patch near our house.
- 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.
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