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mow
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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 mga.]

mow 2  (m)
v. mowed, mowed or mown (mn), 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.

[Middle English mowen, from Old English mwan; see m-4 in Indo-European roots.]

mower (mr) n.

mow1
vb mows, mowing, mowed, mowed, mown
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to cut down (grass, crops, etc.) with a hand implement or machine
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to cut the growing vegetation of (a field, lawn, etc.)
[Old English māwan; related to Old High German māen, Middle Dutch maeyen to mow, Latin metere to reap, Welsh medi]
mower  n

mow2
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the part of a barn where hay, straw, etc., is stored
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the hay, straw, etc., stored
[Old English mūwa; compare Old Norse mūgr heap, Greek mukōn]

mow3
n & vb
an archaic word for grimace
[from Old French moe a pout, or Middle Dutch mouwe]

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
Noun1.mowmow - a loft in a barn where hay is stored
barn - an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
attic, garret, loft - floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
Verb1.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
verb cut, crop, trim, shear, scythe He mowed the lawn and did other routine chores.
mow something or someone down massacre, butcher, slaughter, cut down, shoot down, blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.), cut to pieces Gunmen mowed down 10 people in the attack.
Translations
mow [məʊ] (mowed (pt) (mown) (mowed (pp))) VT
1. to mow the lawncortar el césped
2. (Agr) → segar, cortar
to mow sb down (fig) → acabar con algn, segar la vida de algn

mow [ˈməʊ] [mowed] (pt) [mowed or mown] (pp) vt
to mow the lawn → tondre le gazon
mow down
vt sepfaucher; [+ person]

mow1 pret <mowed>, ptp <mown or mowed>
vtimähen

mow2
n (US) → Heuhaufen m; (= storing place)Heuboden m

mow [məʊ] (mowed (pt) (mown or mowed (pp))) vt (corn) → falciare; (grass) → tagliare
mow down vt + advfalciare

mow [məʊ] (mowed (pt) (mown or mowed (pp))) vt (corn) → falciare; (grass) → tagliare
mow down vt + advfalciare

mow
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 (낫이나 기계로) 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 косити گھاس یا فصل کی کٹائی cắt; gặt
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 tondeusegazon) 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 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
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 대량 살육하다 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

mow يَِجِز pokosit slå mähen θερίζω segar leikata ruohoa tondre kositi tagliare l’erba 刈る 베다 maaien slå skosić cortar косить klippa ตัดหญ้า çim biçmek cắt cỏ 割草


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