mow

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /məʊ/
• (US) IPA: /moʊ/
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  Rhymes: -əʊ

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English māwan, cognate with German mähen, Danish meje, Latin meto and Greek ἀμάω.

[edit] Verb

to mow (third-person singular simple present mows, present participle mowing, simple past mowed, past participle mowed or mown)

1. To cut something (especially grass or crops) down or knock down.

   He mowed the lawn.

[edit] Derived terms

• mow down

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English mūga.

[edit] Noun

mow (plural mows)

1. (agriculture) A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans.

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[edit] Verb

to mow (third-person singular simple present mows, present participle mowing, simple past and past participle mowed)

1. (agriculture) To put into mows.

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[edit] Etymology 3

From Middle French mouwe, moe. Compare moue.

[edit] Noun

mow (plural mows)

1. (obsolete except dialectal) A scornful grimace.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 212:

     Those that paint them dying [...] delineate the prisoners spitting in their executioners faces, and making mowes at them.