'Mow' definitions:
Definition of 'mow'
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Definition of 'Mow'
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Definition of 'Mow'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Mow'
From: GCIDE
- Mow \Mow\ (m[=o]), v. t. [imp. Mowed (m[=o]d); p. p. Mowed or Mown (m[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Mowing.] [OE. mowen, mawen, AS. m[=a]wan; akin to D. maaijen, G. m[aum]hen, OHG. m[=a]jan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. 'ama^n. Cf. Math, Mead a meadow, Meadow.]
- 1. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks of men. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mow'
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Definition of 'Mow'
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- Mow \Mow\, v. i. To make mouths. [1913 Webster]
- Nodding, becking, and mowing. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mow'
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- Mow \Mow\, v. i. To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mow'
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- Mow \Mow\ (mou), n. [OE. mowe, AS. m[=u]ga.]
- 1. A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mow'
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- Mow \Mow\ (mou), v. t. To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'mow'
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- Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h, Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zool.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mow'
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- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- anthill,
- bank,
- bob,
- boil down,
- bring in,
- capsulize,
- clip,
- cock,
- compress,
- condense,
- contract,
- crib,
- crop,
- crop herbs,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off short,
- cut short,
- dab,
- dig,
- dock,
- drag,
- dress,
- drift,
- dub,
- dune,
- elevator,
- elide,
- embankment,
- epitomize,
- equalize,
- even,
- face,
- flatten,
- foreshorten,
- frown,
- garner,
- gather,
- gather in,
- glean,
- glower,
- grabble,
- grade,
- grain bin,
- grain elevator,
- granary,
- grease,
- grimace,
- harrow,
- harvest,
- hay,
- haycock,
- hayloft,
- haymow,
- hayrick,
- haystack,
- heap,
- hill,
- lay,
- level,
- long face,
- lower,
- lubricate,
- make a face,
- make a mouth,
- molehill,
- mop,
- mop and mow,
- moue,
- mound,
- mouth,
- mouthing,
- mug,
- nip,
- nut,
- oil,
- pare,
- pick,
- pile,
- plane,
- planish,
- plaster,
- pluck,
- poll,
- pollard,
- pout,
- prune,
- pull a face,
- pyramid,
- reap,
- reap and carry,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- reduce,
- retrench,
- rick,
- rictus,
- ruck,
- scowl,
- shave,
- shear,
- shock,
- shorten,
- silo,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth out,
- snarl,
- snowdrift,
- snub,
- stack,
- stunt,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- synopsize,
- take in,
- telescope,
- trim,
- truncate,
- wry face,
- wry mouth