| 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. [Middle English, stack of hay, from Old English m  ga.] |
mow 2 (m )v. mowed, mowed or mown (m n), 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. Phrasal Verb: To cut down grass or other growth. 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. [Middle English mowen, from Old English m  wan; see m -4 in Indo-European roots.]mow  er (m r) n. |
mow
Verb
[mowing, mowed, mowed] or mown
1. to cut down grass or crops: a tractor chugged along, mowing hay
2. to cut the growing vegetation of a field or lawn: to mow a meadow [Old English māwan]
mower n
Mow a stack or heap of grain or hay in a barn; a heap or pile.
Examples: mow of earth, 1424; of grain, 1573; of hay, 1539; of peas, 1718; of wheat, 1398.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  mow - a loft in a barn where hay is storedbarn - an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals |
| Verb | 1. | mow - cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass" scythe - cut with a scythe; "scythe grass or grain" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" |
| 2. | mow - make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted" grimace, make a face, pull a face - contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do" |
mow
Translations
mow [pt mowed, pp mowed or mown] [məu, -n] vt [+ grass] → cortar [+ corn]; segar;
(also: mow down) (shoot) → acribillar
mow [mowed , pt , mowed or mown , pp ] [məu, -d, -n] vt → faucher [+ lawn]; tondre
mow down vt → faucher
v mow [məu]
to cut (grass etc) with a scythe or mower He mowed the lawn. sny يَجُز، يَحِش العُشْب кося (po)sekat, žnout slå die Mähmaschine κουρεύω (γρασίδι κτλ.) segar, cortar niitma چمن زدن leikata faucher; tondre לְכַסֵחַ דֶשֶׁא घास काटना pokositi (le)kaszál, (le)nyír memotong rumput slá gras falciare 刈る 풀[]을 베다[] pjauti, šienauti pļaut memotong rumput maaien slå, klippe kosić cortar a relva a cosi; a tunde (iarba) косить (po)kosiť žeti, kositi pokositi meja, slå ตัดหญ้า biçmek 割 косити گھاس یا فصل کی کٹائی cắt; gặt 割
n mower
a machine for cutting grass. grassnyer جَزّازَة العُشْب косачка sekačka, žací stroj plæneklipper niedermähen μηχανή κουρέματος χόρτου cortacésped muruniiduk ماشين چمن زنى ruohonleikkuri tondeuse (à gazon) מַכסַחַת דֶשֶא काटने वाली मशीन kosilica fűnyírógép mesin pemotong rumput sláttuvél falciatrice 芝刈機 풀 베는 기계 šienapjovė, žolės pjovimo mašinėlė pļaujmašīna; zāles pļāvējs pemotong rumput grasmaaier slåmaskin, plenklipper kosiarka 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 skosit meje ned niedermähen θερίζω matar, acribillar maha niitma کشتار ampua lakoon faucher לִ”קְצוֹר” אוֹתָם मार डालना बड़ी संख्या में pokositi lekaszabol membantai stráfella falciare, abbattere なぎ倒す 대량으로 죽이다 išguldyti nogalināt; nopļaut ditewaskan neermaaien meie ned skosić ceifar a secera косить skosiť pokositi pobiti meja ner ทำลายหรือฆ่า (จำนวนมาก) çok sayıda öldürmek, biçmek 掃殺 зкосити, знищити صفایا کرنا tàn sát 扫杀
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