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mown
mownpast participle of mow: He has mown the grass.
Not to be confused with:moan – a prolonged low sound as from pain of some sort; a lamentation; groan; grieve; mournmow 1 M0455400 (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 moue, stack of hay, from Old English mūga; akin to Old Norse mūgr, swathe, crowd.]
mow 2 M0266300 (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 down1. To destroy in great numbers as if cutting down, as in battle.2. To overwhelm: mowed down the opposition with strong arguments.
[Middle English mouen, from Old English māwan; see mē- in Indo-European roots.]
mow′er (mō′ər) n.mown (məʊn) vb a past participle of mow1mown (moʊn)
v. a pp. of mow1. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | mown - (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay"cutbotany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"unmown, uncut - (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine; "uncut grass"; "an unmown lawn" |
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Related to mown: mown down, mowed downSynonyms for mownadj (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machineSynonymsRelated WordsAntonyms |