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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MOW, n. A heap, mass or pile of hay deposited in a barn.
[We never give this name to hay piled in the field or open air. The latter is called a stack or rick.]
MOW, v.t. To lay hay in a heap or mass in a barn, or to lay it in a suitable manner.
MOW, v.t. pret. mower; pp. mowed or mown. [The L. has meto, and the Gr. to mow or reap. The last radical letter is not ascertained.]
1. To cut down with a scythe, as grass or other plants. We say, to mow grass.
2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.
3. To cut down with speed; to cut down indiscriminately, or in great numbers or quantity. We say, a discharge of grape shot mows down whole ranks of men. Hence Saturn or Time is represented with a scythe, an emblem of the general and indiscriminate destruction of the human race by death.
MOW, v.i. To cut grass; to practice mowing; to use the scythe. Does the man mow well?
1. To perform the business of mowing; to cut and make grass into hay; to gather the crop of grass, or other crop.
[In America, mow is not applied to the cutting of wheat or rye. When these are cut with a scythe, they are said to be cradled. Oats and barley are sometimes mowed.]
MOW, n. [from mouth.] A wry face.
MOW, v.i. To make mouths.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a loft in a barn where hay is stored [syn: hayloft, haymow, mow] v
1: cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass" [syn: mow, cut down]
2: make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted" [syn: pout, mop, mow]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, heap, stack, from Old English m?ga; akin to Old Norse m?gi heap Date: before 12th century 1. a piled-up stack (as of hay or fodder); also a pile of hay or grain in a barn 2. the part of a barn where hay or straw is stored II. verb (mowed; mowed or mown; mowing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English m?wan; akin to Old High German m?en to mow, Latin metere to reap, mow, Greek aman Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to cut down with a scythe or sickle or machine b. to cut the standing herbage (as grass) of 2. a. (1) to kill or destroy in great numbers or mercilessly <machine guns mowed down the enemy> (2) to cause to fall ; knock down b. to overcome swiftly and decisively ; rout <mowed down the opposing team> intransitive verb to cut down standing herbage (as grass) • mower noun III. noun Etymology: Middle English mowe, from Anglo-French mouwe, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch mouwe protruding lip Date: 14th century grimace IV. intransitive verb Date: 15th century to make grimaces

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v.tr. (past part. mowed or mown) 1 cut down (grass, hay, etc.) with a scythe or machine. 2 cut down the produce of (a field) or the grass etc. of (a lawn) by mowing. Phrases and idioms: mow down kill or destroy randomly or in great numbers. Derivatives: mowable adj. mower n. Etymology: OE mawan f. Gmc, rel. to MEAD(2) 2. n. US or dial. 1 a stack of hay, corn, etc. 2 a place in a barn where hay etc. is heaped. Etymology: OE muga

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mew Mew, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h, Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zo["o]l.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mow Mow, v. i. To make mouths. Nodding, becking, and mowing. --Tyndale.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mow Mow, n. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Mew, a gull.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mow Mow, v. [pres. sing. Mow, pl. Mowe, Mowen, Moun.] [AS. magan. See May, v.] May; can. ``Thou mow now escapen.'' [Obs.] --Chaucer. Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mow Mow, v. [pres. sing. Mow, pl. Mowe, Mowen, Moun.] [AS. magan. See May, v.] May; can. ``Thou mow now escapen.'' [Obs.] --Chaucer. Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mow Mow, v. t. [imp. Mowed; p. p. Mowed or Mown; p. pr. & vb. n. Mowing.] [OE. mowen, mawen, AS. m[=a]wan; akin to D. maaijen, G. m["a]hen, OHG. m[=a]jan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. ?. Cf. Math, Mead a meadow, Meadow.] 1. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine. 2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mow Mow, n. [Written also moe and mowe.] [F. moue pouting, a wry face; cf. OD. mouwe the protruded lip.] A wry face. ``Make mows at him.'' --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mow Mow, v. i. To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mow Mow, n. [OE. mowe, AS. m?ga.] 1. A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn. 2. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mow Mow, v. t. To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(mows, mowing, mowed, mowed, or mown) If you mow an area of grass, you cut it using a machine called a lawn mower. He continued to mow the lawn and do other routine chores. VERB: V n, also V

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