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verb

Mow v. t. (past mowed; past part. mown; pres. part. mowing)

To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.

To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.

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.

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

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

Mow v. i. (past mowed; past part. mown; pres. part. mowing) To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay.

Mow v. (pres. sing. mow, pl. mowe, mowen, moun) May; can. "Thou mow now escapen." (Obs.) "Our walles mowe not make hem resistence."

noun

Mow n. (Written also moe and mowe) A wry face. "Make mows at him."

Mow n. (Zool.) Same as Mew, a gull.

Mow n.

A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.

The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.

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Etymology of 'Mow'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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