mow

Meaning

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)

Synonyms

cut

reap

shear

harvest

hayloft

scythe

clip

mop

pout

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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

Translations

mähen

faucher

segar

maaien

falciare

tondre

cortar

ceifar

segar

couper

mietere

tosare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məʊ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mowen

Inherited from Old English: māwan

Cognate with Dutch: maaien

Cognate with German: mähen

Cognate with Danish: meje

Cognate with Swedish: meja

Cognate with Hittite:

Cognate with Latin: metō

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ἀμάω

Inherited from Middle English: mowe

Cognate with Middle Dutch: mouwe

Inherited from Old English: mūga

Cognate with Norwegian: 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”).