Definitions for mow
moʊmow

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hayloft, haymow, mowverb

   a loft in a barn where hay is stored

2. mow, cut downverb

   cut with a blade or mower

   "mow the grass"

3. pout, mop, mowverb

   make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip

   "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mownoun

   A loft or chamber where hay or corn is laid up: hay in mow, is hay laid up in a house; hay in rick, is hay heaped together in a field.

   Etymology: mowe , Saxon, a heap.

   Learne skilfullie how
   Each grain for to laie by itself on a mow. Thomas Tusser, Husb.

   Where’er I gad, I Blouzelind shall view,
   Woods, dairy, barn, and mows our passion knew. John Gay.

   Beans when moist give in the mow. John Mortimer, Husb.

2. Mownoun

   Wry mouth; distorted face. This word is now out of use, but retained in Scotland.

   Etymology: mowe , Saxon, a heap.

   The very abjects came together against me unawares, making mows at me. Psal. Common Prayer. xxxv. 15.

   Apes and monkeys,
   ’Twixt two such she’s, would chatter this way, and
   Contemn with mows the other. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   Those that would make mowes at him while my father lived, give twenty ducats apiece for his picture in little. William Shakespeare.

3. To Mowverb

   preter. mowed, part. mown.

   Etymology: mawan , Saxon.

   1. To cut with a scythe.

   Of all the seed that in my youth was sowne,
   Was nought but brakes and brambles to be mown. Edmund Spenser.

   The care you have
   To mow down thorns that would annoy our foot,
   Is worthy praise. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p. iii.

   Forth he goes,
   Like to a harvest man, that’s task’d to mow
   Or all, or lose his hire. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   It was the latter growth after the king’s mowings. Amos vii.

   Whatever
   The scythe of time mows down, devour unspar’d. John Milton.

   Beat, roll and mow carpet-walks and cammomile. John Evelyn.

   2. To cut down with speed and violence.

   He will mow down all before him, and leave his passage poll’d. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   What valiant foemen, like to autumn’s corn,
   Have we mow’d down. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   Thou and I, marching before our troops,
   May taste fate to ’em; mow ’em out a passage,
   Begin the noble harvest of the field. John Dryden, All for Love.

   Stands o’er the prostrate wretch, and as he lay,
   Vain tales inventing, and prepar’d to pray,
   Mows off his head. John Dryden, Æn.

4. To Mowverb

   To put in a mow.

   Etymology: from the noun.

5. To Mowverb

   To gather the harvest.

   Gold, though the heaviest metal, hither swims:
   Ours is the harvest where the Indians mow,
   We plough the deep, and reap what others sow. Edmund Waller.

6. To Mowverb

   To make mouths; to distort the face.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Some Smithfield ruffian takes up some new mowing with the mouth, some wrenching with the shoulder, some fresh, new oath, that is not stale, but will run round in the mouth. Roger Ascham, Schoolmaster.

   Mohu, of murder; and Flibbertigibbet, of mopping and mowing. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   For every trifle are they set upon me;
   Sometimes like apes that mow and chatter at me,
   And after bite me. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mow

   To mow means to cut down or trim something, such as grass or a field, typically using a machine or tool designed for this purpose, like a lawn mower or scythe.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mownoun

   a wry face

2. Mowverb

   to make mouths

3. Mownoun

   same as Mew, a gull

4. Mow

   of Mow

5. Mow

   may; can

6. Mowverb

   to cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine

7. Mowverb

   to cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow

8. Mowverb

   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

9. Mowverb

   to cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay

10. Mownoun

    a heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn

11. Mownoun

    the place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed

12. Mowverb

    to lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away

13. Etymology: [OE. mowen, mawen, AS. mwan; akin to D. maaijen, G. mhen, OHG. mjan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. 'ama^n. Cf. Math, Mead a meadow, Meadow.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mow

   mow, n. a wry face.—v.i. to make grimaces. [Fr. moue, a grimace.]

2. Mow

   mow, n. a pile of hay or corn in sheaves laid up in a barn.—v.t. to lay hay or sheaves of grain in a heap:—pr.p. mow′ing; pa.t. mowed; pa.p. mowed or mown.—v.i. Mow′burn, to heat and ferment in the mow. [A.S. múga, heap; Ice. múga, swath.]

3. Mow

   mō, v.t. to cut down with a scythe: to cut down in great numbers:—pr.p. mow′ing; pa.t. mowed; pa.p. mowed or mown.—adjs. Mowed, Mown, cut down with a scythe: cleared of grass with a scythe, as land.—ns. Mow′er, one who mows grass, &c.: a machine for mowing grass; Mow′ing, the act of cutting down with a scythe: land from which grass is cut; Mow′ing-machine′, a machine with revolving cutters for mowing lawns. [A.S. máwan; Ger. mähen; L. metĕre, to reap.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mow

   To cut down with speed; to cut down indiscriminately, or in great numbers or quantity; to sweep away; as, a discharge of grape-shot mows down whole ranks of men.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mowverb

   To cut out an (area of grass) using a lawnmower.

   I had to mow the lawn.

   
   

   Submitted by zakaria1409 on June 30, 2022  

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1. MOW

   What does MOW stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the MOW acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MOW

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mow is ranked #35866 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Mow surname appeared 626 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Mow.
   
   54.7% or 343 total occurrences were White.
   32.1% or 201 total occurrences were Asian.
   7.3% or 46 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   4.7% or 30 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Anagrams for mow »

1. OMW

2. WMO

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mow in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of mow in a Sentence

1. Ronald Cook:

   The last thing he said to me, he fussed at me for mowing the lawn because he wanted to mow it.

2. Chrissy VanKavelaar:

   Every time it rains or we mow we find another piece of that car.

3. Charles A. Shelton, Sr.:

   The grass may be greener on the other side, but either way…you’ve got to mow it.

4. Read MoreIn 2008:

   In' Twilight,' I was Read MoreIn 2008 -- I was 16 -- and so my parents were a huge part of( grounding me) and even when I was filming movies, when I was home, I still had to take out the trash. I still had to mow the lawn.

5. Eric Terrill:

   We put that on an underwater robot that is like a torpedo and it continuously goes back and forth over the area, we essentially mow the lawn with this device.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mow
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=mow
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mow
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=mow
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html