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mow 1
(mou)n.
1. The place in a barn where hay, grain, or other feed is stored.
2. A stack of hay or other feed stored in a barn.
[Middle English moue, stack of hay, from Old English mūga; akin to Old Norse mūgr, swathe, crowd.]
mow 2
(mō)v. mowed, mowed or mown (mōn), mow·ing, mows
v.tr.
1. To cut down (grass or grain) with a scythe or a mechanical device.
2. To cut (grass or grain) from: mow the lawn.
v.intr.
Phrasal Verb: To cut down grass or other growth.
mow down
1. To destroy in great numbers as if cutting down, as in battle.
2. To overwhelm: mowed down the opposition with strong arguments.
mow′er (mō′ər) n.
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mow
(məʊ)vb, mows, mowing, mowed, mowed or mown
1. (Agriculture) to cut down (grass, crops, etc) with a hand implement or machine
2. (Agriculture) (tr) to cut the growing vegetation of (a field, lawn, etc)
[Old English māwan; related to Old High German māen, Middle Dutch maeyen to mow, Latin metere to reap, Welsh medi]
ˈmower n
mow
(maʊ)n
1. (Agriculture) the part of a barn where hay, straw, etc, is stored
2. (Agriculture) the hay, straw, etc, stored
[Old English mūwa; compare Old Norse mūgr heap, Greek mukōn]
mow
(maʊ)n, vb
an archaic word for grimace
[C14: from Old French moe a pout, or Middle Dutch mouwe]
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mow1
(moʊ)v. mowed, mowed mown, mow•ing. v.t.
1. to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
2. to cut grass, grain, etc., from.
v.i. 3. to cut down grass, grain, etc.
4. mow down,
a. to destroy or kill in great numbers, as in a battle.
b. to overwhelm.
c. to knock down.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English māwan; c. Old Frisian mēa, Middle Dutch maeien, Old High German māen (German mähen)]
mow′er, n.
mow2
(maʊ)n.
1. the place in a barn where hay, grain, etc., are stored.
2. a heap or pile of hay or grain in a barn.
[before 900; Middle English mow(e), Old English mūwa, mūha, mūga; akin to Old Norse mūgi swath]
mow3
(maʊ, moʊ)n., v.i.
Archaic.
[1275–1325; Middle English mowe < Middle French moue lip, pout, Old French moe < Frankish]
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Mow
a stack or heap of grain or hay in a barn; a heap or pile.Examples: mow of earth, 1424; of grain, 1573; of hay, 1539; of peas, 1718; of wheat, 1398.
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mow
Past participle: mown
Gerund: mowing
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| Noun | 1. |  mow - a loft in a barn where hay is storedbarn - an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals |
| Verb | 1. | mow - cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass" scythe - cut with a scythe; "scythe grass or grain" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" |
| 2. | mow - make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted" grimace, make a face, pull a face - contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do" |
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mow
mow something or someone down massacre, butcher, slaughter, cut down, shoot down, blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.), cut to pieces Gunmen mowed down 10 people in the attack.
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Translations
يَجُز، يَحِش العُشْبيَقْطَعُ الْأعْشَابَ
sekatžnout
slå
tondi
leikata ruohoa
kositi
lenyír
slá gras
falciarefalciatura (risultato della falciatura)tagliare l’erba
刈る
베다
išguldytišienapjovėšienautižolės pjovimo mašinėlė
pļaut
pokosiť
kositi
klippamejaslå
ตัดหญ้า
biçmekçim biçmek
cắt cỏ
mow
[məʊ] (mowed (pt) (mown) (mowed (pp))) VTCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
mow
[ˈməʊ] [mowed] (pt) [mowed or mown] (pp) vtto mow the lawn → tondre le gazon
mow down
vt sep → faucher; [+ person]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
mow
[məʊ] (mowed (pt) (mown or mowed (pp))) vt (corn) → falciare; (grass) → tagliaremow down vt + adv → falciare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mow
(məu) – past tense mowed: past participles mowed ~mown – verb to cut (grass etc) with a scythe or mower. He mowed the lawn.
ˈmower noun a machine for cutting grass.
mow down to kill in large numbers. Our troops were mown down by machine-gun fire.
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mow
→ يَقْطَعُ الْأعْشَابَ sekat slå mähen θερίζω cortar, segar leikata ruohoa tondre kositi tagliare l’erba 刈る 베다 maaien slå skosić cortar косить klippa ตัดหญ้า çim biçmek cắt cỏ 割草Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009