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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.
To cut down grass or other growth.
Phrasal Verb:
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.
[Middle English mouen, from Old English māwan; see mē- in Indo-European roots.]
mow′er (mō′ər) n.
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mowing

(ˈməʊɪŋ)
n
(Agriculture) the act of cutting down (grass, crops, etc) with a hand implement or machine
adj
(Agriculture) of or relating to cutting down (grass, crops, etc) with a hand implement or machine
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Translations

mowing

[ˈməʊɪŋ]
A. N → siega f
B. CPD mowing machine N → segadora f (mecánica)
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mowing

n → Mähen nt; mowing machine → Mähmaschine f
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There were jam pots and paper bags, and mountains of chopped grass from the mowing machine
From the lawn beyond the garden came the distant clacketty sound of the mowing machine.
McGregor emptied out a sackful of lawn mowings right upon the top of the sleeping Flopsy Bunnies!
He saw some funny little brown tips of ears sticking up through the lawn mowings. He stared at them for some time.
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He did odd jobs, such as cutting wood for kitchen stoves and mowing the grass before houses.
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The wagons were to begin carting manure earlier, so as to get all done before the early mowing. And the ploughing of the further land to go on without a break so as to let it ripen lying fallow.
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People were not so busy then as they must become when the full cheese-making and the mowing had set in; and besides, it was a time when a light bridal dress could be worn with comfort and seen to advantage.
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Korosi A, Szentirmai I, Batary P, Kover Sz, Orvossy N, Peregovits L (2014) Effects of timing and frequency of mowing on the threatened scarce large blue butterfly - A fine-scale experiment.
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This report evaluates the influence of mower speed and mowing height on highway rights-of-way aesthetics as determined by "pop-ups." Pop-ups are plants not cut, but compressed by mower/tractor tires or plants cut more than 4 to 6 cm above the average mowing height and literally "pop up" following mowing.
Impact of mower speed and mowing height on the development of highway rights-of-way pop-up plants

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