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mow
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English mowen (participle mowen), from Old English m?wan (past tense m?ow, past participle m?wen), from Proto-Germanic *m?an? (compare Dutch maaien, German mähen, Danish meje, Swedish meja), from Proto-Indo-European *h?meh?- (“to mow, reap”); compare Hittite [script needed] (?ameš?a, “spring/early summer”, literally “mowing time”), Latin met? (“I harvest, mow”), Ancient Greek ???? (amá?, “I mow”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /m??/
- (US) IPA(key): /mo?/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
mow (third-person singular simple present mows, present participle mowing, simple past mowed, past participle mowed or mown)
- (transitive) To cut down grass or crops.
- (transitive) To cut down or slaughter in great numbers.
- 1915, Captain Robert Palmer, Letters from Mesopotamia
- In the afternoon they attacked again, in close formation: our artillery mowed them, but they came on and on, […]
- 1915, Captain Robert Palmer, Letters from Mesopotamia
Derived terms
- mow down
- remow
Related terms
- aftermath, math
- mead, meadow
Translations
Noun
mow (plural mows)
- The act of mowing (a garden, grass etc.)
- (cricket) A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
- 1828, Sporting Magazine (volume 21? 71? page 10)
- I consider it would engender a stiff, tame, cautious mode of play, with only now and then a mow, or a chopping hit.
- 1828, Sporting Magazine (volume 21? 71? page 10)
Etymology 2
Middle English mowe, from Middle French moue (“lip, pout”), from Old French moe (“grimace”), from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”), from Proto-Germanic *maww? (“muff, sleeve”). Akin to Middle Dutch mouwe (“protruding lip”). Cognate to moue (“pout”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /m??/
- (US) IPA(key): /mo?/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
mow (plural mows)
- (now only dialectal) A scornful grimace; a wry face. [from 14th c.]
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.212:
- Those that paint them dying […] delineate the prisoners spitting in their executioners faces, and making mowes at them.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.212:
Translations
Verb
mow (third-person singular simple present mows, present participle mowing, simple past and past participle mowed)
- To make grimaces, mock.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
- For every trifle are they set upon me: / Sometime like apes that mow and chatter at me, / And after bite me;
- 1848, Henry Walter (editor), William Tyndale (original author), Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures
- Nodding, becking, and mowing.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
Translations
Etymology 3
Old English m?ga. Cognate with Norwegian muge (“heap, crowd, flock”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma??/
- Rhymes: -a?
Noun
mow (plural mows)
- (now regional) 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.
Translations
Verb
mow (third-person singular simple present mows, present participle mowing, simple past and past participle mowed)
- (agriculture) To put into mows.
Translations
Etymology 4
Noun
mow (plural mows)
- Alternative form of mew (a seagull)
See also
- Mow in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- OMW, WMO
Middle English
Etymology 1
Feom Old English magan (“to use, to win, to be able to”).
Verb
mow
- Alternative form of mowen (“to be able to”)
Etymology 2
Feom Old English m?wan (“to mow”).
Verb
mow
- Alternative form of mowen (“to mow”)
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mhw
English
Pronunciation
Noun
mhw
- Initialism of mean high water.
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