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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