mow

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To cut down grass or crops.
2. (often, transitive) To cut down or slaughter in great numbers.

Noun

1. The act of mowing (a garden, grass, etc.).
2. A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.

Noun

A scornful grimace; a wry face.

Noun

1. (regional) A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans.
2. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.

Noun

Alternative form of mew (a seagull)

Concepten

maaien

zichten

oogsten

opper

grasmaaien

jatten

wegrukken

neerhalen

Synoniemen

cut

reap

shear

harvest

hayloft

scythe

clip

mop

pout

😡

haymow

hew

cut down

trim

cut grass

crop

snip

rick

shave

sythe

pierce

shorten

stack

cut off

sharpen

reduce

rend

resect

retrench

scissor

sever

skin

slice

slit

spay

split

stab

tear

tease

pare down

traverse

break

break asunder

cut to

operate on

slice up

snip off

cut asunder

weed

carve

chop

Vertalingen

mähen

faucher

segar

falciare

tondre

cortar

ceifar

couper

segar

tosare

mietere

θερίζω

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/məʊ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: mowen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: māwan

Verwant aan Nederlands: maaien

Verwant aan Duits: mähen

Verwant aan Deens: meje

Verwant aan Zweeds: meja

Verwant aan Hettitisch:

Verwant aan Latijn: metō

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: ἀμάω

Overgenomen van Middelengels: mowe

Verwant aan Middelnederlands: mouwe

Overgenomen van Oudengels: mūga

Verwant aan Noors: muge

In summary

From Middle English mowen (participle mowen), from Old English māwan (past tense mēow, past participle māwen), from Proto-West Germanic *māan, from Proto-Germanic *mēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian mjo (“to mow”), Dutch maaien (“to mow”), German mähen (“to mow”), Luxembourgish méien (“to mow”), Danish meje (“to mow”), Swedish meja (“to mow”); see also Hittite [script needed] (ḫamešḫa, “spring/early summer”, literally “mowing time”), Latin metō (“I harvest, mow”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “I mow”).