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mow
CIDE DICTIONARY
mow, n. [F. moue pouting, a wry face; cf. OD. mouwe the protruded lip.].
A wry face. Shak. [1913 Webster]
mow, v. i.
To make mouths. [1913 Webster]
"Nodding, becking, and mowing." [1913 Webster]
mow, n.
Same as Mew, a gull. [1913 Webster]
May; can. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
"Our walles mowe not make hem resistence." [1913 Webster]
mow, v. t. [OE. mowen, mawen, AS. māwan; akin to D. maaijen, G. mähen, OHG. mājan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. 'ama^n. Cf. Math, Mead a meadow, Meadow.].
- To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine. [1913 Webster]
- To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow. [1913 Webster]
- To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks of men. [1913 Webster]
mow, v. i.
To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay. [1913 Webster]
mow, n. [OE. mowe, AS. m.].
- A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn. [1913 Webster]
- The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed. [1913 Webster]
mow, v. t.
To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mow, v.tr. (past part. mowed or mown)
1 cut down (grass, hay, etc.) with a scythe or machine.
2 cut down the produce of (a field) or the grass etc. of (a lawn) by mowing.
1 cut down (grass, hay, etc.) with a scythe or machine.
2 cut down the produce of (a field) or the grass etc. of (a lawn) by mowing.
Idiom
mow down kill or destroy randomly or in great numbers.
Derivative
mowable adj. mower n.
mow, n. US or dial.
1 a stack of hay, corn, etc.
2 a place in a barn where hay etc. is heaped.
1 a stack of hay, corn, etc.
2 a place in a barn where hay etc. is heaped.
Etymology
OE muga
THESAURUS
mow
abbreviate, abridge, abstract, anthill, bank, bob, boil down, bring in, capsulize, clip, cock, compress, condense, contract, crib, crop, crop herbs, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, dab, dig, dock, drag, dress, drift, dub, dune, elevator, elide, embankment, epitomize, equalize, even, face, flatten, foreshorten, frown, garner, gather, gather in, glean, glower, grabble, grade, grain bin, grain elevator, granary, grease, grimace, harrow, harvest, hay, haycock, hayloft, haymow, hayrick, haystack, heap, hill, lay, level, long face, lower, lubricate, make a face, make a mouth, molehill, mop, mop and mow, moue, mound, mouth, mouthing, mug, nip, nut, oil, pare, pick, pile, plane, planish, plaster, pluck, poll, pollard, pout, prune, pull a face, pyramid, reap, reap and carry, recap, recapitulate, reduce, retrench, rick, rictus, ruck, scowl, shave, shear, shock, shorten, silo, smooth, smooth down, smooth out, snarl, snowdrift, snub, stack, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take in, telescope, trim, truncate, wry face, wry mouthROGET THESAURUS
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Store
N store, stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry, spring, fount, fountain, well, wellspring, milch cow, stock in trade, supply, heap, treasure, reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche, crop, harvest, mow, vintage, store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack, lumber, relay, storehouse, storeroom, storecloset, depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory, repertorium, promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine, buttery, larder, spence, garner, granary, cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, thesaurus, bank, armory, arsenal, dock, gallery, museum, conservatory, menagery, menagerie, reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond, gasometer, budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio, coffer, conservation, storing, storage, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve, Adj, stored, in store, in reserve, in ordinary, spare, supernumerary, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.Shortness
VB be short, render short, shorten, curtail, abridge, abbreviate, take in, reduce, compress, epitomize, retrench, cut short, obtruncate, scrimp, cut, chop up, hack, hew, cut down, pare down, clip, dock, lop, prune, shear, shave, mow, reap, crop, snub, truncate, pollard, stunt, nip, check the growth of, foreshorten (in drawing).Smoothness
VB smooth, smoothen, plane, file, mow, shave, level, roll, macadamize, polish, burnish, calender, glaze, iron, hot-press, mangle, lubricate.Agriculture
VB cultivate, till the soil, farm, garden, sow, plant, reap, mow, cut, manure, dress the ground, dig, delve, dibble, hoe, plough, plow, harrow, rake, weed, lop and top, backset.For further exploring for "mow" in Webster Dictionary Online
