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单词 mowed
释义

mow

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noun (1)

ˈmau̇ How to pronounce mow (audio)
1
: a piled-up stack (as of hay or fodder)
also : a pile of hay or grain in a barn
2
: the part of a barn where hay or straw is stored

mow

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verb (1)

ˈmō How to pronounce mow (audio)
mowed; mowed or mown ˈmōn How to pronounce mow (audio) ; mowing

transitive verb

1
a
: to cut down with a scythe or sickle or machine
b
: to cut the standing herbage (such as grass) of
mow the lawn
2
a(1)
: to kill or destroy in great numbers or mercilessly
machine guns mowed down the enemy
(2)
: to cause to fall : knock down
b
: to overcome swiftly and decisively : rout
mowed down the opposing team

intransitive verb

: to cut down standing herbage (such as grass)
mower
ˈmō(-ə)r How to pronounce mow (audio)
noun

mow

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noun (2)

ˈmau̇ How to pronounce mow (audio) ˈmō How to pronounce mow (audio)
: grimace

mow

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verb (2)

ˈmau̇ How to pronounce mow (audio) ˈmō How to pronounce mow (audio)
mowed; mowing; mows

intransitive verb

: to make grimaces

Synonyms

Verb (1)

  • cut

Noun (2)

  • face
  • frown
  • grimace
  • lower
  • lour
  • moue
  • mouth
  • mug
  • pout
  • scowl
  • snoot
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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, heap, stack, from Old English mūga; akin to Old Norse mūgi heap

Verb (1)

Middle English mowen, going back to Old English māwan (past participle māwen), going back to West Germanic *mēan- (whence, with a differing hiatus consonant, Old Frisian miā, miān "to mow," Middle Dutch maeyen, Old High German *māen), going back to an Indo-European verbal base *h2meh1- "reap, mow," whence also Greek amáō, amân "to reap, cut" (perhaps from *h2mh1-eh2-)

Note: Old English māwan is a Class VII strong verb (like cnāwan know entry 1, blāwan blow entry 1), though a weak verb in later Middle and Modern English and in other Germanic languages. The element *-eh1- in *h2meh1- has been treated as a suffix, with a parallel derivative *h2m-et- yielding Italo-Celtic *met-, in Latin metō, metere "to reap, harvest, cut off," Welsh medaf, medi "to reap," Middle Breton midiff, Breton mediñ, Middle Irish meithel "reaping party," Welsh medel. Hittite hamešha(nt)- "spring, harvest time" has also been connected with *h2meh1-, though with some dispute. Cf. aftermath, meadow.

Noun (2)

Middle English mowe, from Anglo-French mouwe, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch mouwe protruding lip

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

mow 1 of 2

noun

ˈmau̇ How to pronounce mow (audio)
: the part of a barn where hay or straw is stored

mow

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verb

ˈmō How to pronounce mow (audio)
mowed; mowed or mown
ˈmōn
; mowing
1
: to cut down with a blade or machine
mow grass
2
: to cut the standing plant cover from
mow the lawn
3
: to cause to fall in a violent way
The team mowed down their opponents.

mowed

verb

past tense of mow
1
as in trimmed
to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of you really should mow the lawn before it gets much higher

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • trimmed
  • cut
  • shaved
  • manicured
  • pruned
  • cropped
  • clipped
  • curtailed
  • pared
  • hacked
  • sheared
  • lopped
  • cut back
  • docked
  • nipped
  • bobbed
  • snipped
2
as in demolished
to bring down by cutting an afternoon spent mowing hay

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • demolished
  • felled
  • hewed
  • flattened
  • bulldozed
  • razed
  • leveled
  • chopped (down)
  • levelled
  • cut (down)
  • tore down
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