mow down

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.

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[Middle English moue, stack of hay, from Old English mūga; akin to Old Norse mūgr, swathe, crowd.]

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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.

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[Middle English mouen, from Old English māwan; see mē- in Indo-European roots.]

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mow′er (mō′ər) n.

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mow down

vb

(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr, adverb) to kill in large numbers, esp by gunfire

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

mow down - kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" massacre, slaughter kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"

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Translations

يَحْصُد، يَقْتُل بأعْداد كبيرَه

skosit

meje ned

niedermähen

faucher

lekaszabol

stráfella

falciaretrucidare

meie ned

косить

biçmekçok sayıda öldürmek

扫杀摧毁

w>mow down

vt sep → abmähen; (fig: = slaughter) → niedermähen

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mow

(məu) – past tense mowed: past participles mowed ~mown – verb

to cut (grass etc) with a scythe or mower. He mowed the lawn. sny يَجُز، يَحِش العُشْب кося cortar a grama (po)sekat, žnout die Mähmaschine slå κουρεύωsegar, cortar niitma چمن زدن leikata faucher; tondre לְכַסֵחַ דֶשֶׁא घास काटना pokositi (le)kaszál, (le)nyír memotong rumput slá gras falciare 刈る (낫이나 기계로) 베다 pjauti, šienauti pļaut memotong rumput maaienslå, klippekosić چمن وهل cortar a relva a cosi; a tunde (iarba) косить (po)kosiť žeti, kositi pokositi meja, slå ตัดหญ้า biçmek 割(草等) косити گھاس یا فصل کی کٹائی cắt; gặt 割

ˈmower noun

a machine for cutting grass. grassnyer جَزّازَة العُشْب косачка cortador de grama sekačka, žací stroj niedermähen plæneklipper μηχανή κουρέματος χόρτου cortacésped muruniiduk ماشين چمن زنى ruohonleikkuri tondeuse מַכסַחַת דֶשֶא काटने वाली मशीन kosilica fűnyírógép mesin pemotong rumput sláttuvél falciatrice 芝刈機 (풀 등을) 베는 기계 šienapjovė, žolės pjovimo mašinėlė pļaujmašīna; zāles pļāvējs pemotong rumput grasmaaierslåmaskin, plenklipperkosiarka د چمن وهلو ماشین cortador de relva maşină de tuns iarba косилка kosačka kosilnica kosilica gräsklippare เครื่องตัดหญ้า çim biçme makinası 割草機 косарка; жниварка درانتی یا گھاس کاٹنے کی مشین máy cắt 割草机

mow down

to kill in large numbers. Our troops were mown down by machine-gun fire. afmaai يَحْصُد، يَقْتُل بأعْداد كبيرَه избивам ceifar skosit niedermähen meje ned θερίζωmatar, acribillar maha niitma کشتار niittää faucher לִ”קְצוֹר” אוֹתָם मार डालना बड़ी संख्या में pokositi lekaszabol membantai stráfella falciare, abbattere なぎ倒す 대량 살육하다 išguldyti nogalināt; nopļaut ditewaskan neermaaienmeie nedskosić وژنه ceifar a se­cera косить skosiť pokositi pobiti meja ner ทำลายหรือฆ่า (จำนวนมาก) çok sayıda öldürmek, biçmek 殲滅 зкосити, знищити صفایا کرنا tàn sát 摧毁，扫杀

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