HOW TO PRONOUNCE
mow
/ˈmoʊ/
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What does mow mean?
verb
- To cut down grass or crops.
- To cut down or slaughter in great numbers.
noun
- The act of mowing (a garden, grass, etc.).
More meanings (9)
noun
- A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
- A scornful grimace; a wry face.
- A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans.
- The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
- Initialism of meals on wheels.
- (obsolete) Alternative form of mew (a seagull)
verb
- To make grimaces, mock.
- To put into mows.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmoʊ/
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“I learned to do so,” said I, “even as you learned to mow, without being bred up to farming work.”
The barn-swallows, which once swarmed in our barn, flashing through the dusty sun-streak of the mow, have been gone these many years.
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I have seen matted beds protected with stable-manure that were fit to mow by June, the plants and fruit having been over run with grass.
If the bed is to be fruited a second time, mow the plants and burn over the beds as soon as the fruit is gathered.
We were enabled to mow the whole three acres, as we had "common rights" in our neighborhood, where the cows could pasture during the spring.