English Explanatory Dictionary

mow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cut down grass or crops.
  2. 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
  1. A scornful grimace; a wry face.
verb
  1. To make grimaces, mock.
noun
  1. 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.
verb
  1. To put into mows.
noun
  1. Alternative form of mew (a seagull)
noun
  1. Initialism of meals on wheels.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈməʊ̯/ [ˈmɵ̞ʊ̯] /ˈmoʊ̯/ [ˈmɔʊ̯] en-us-mow.ogg /məʊ/ /moʊ/ /maʊ̯/ En-us-mow (etymology 3).oga

Word forms

mow mows mowing mowed mown

Etymology

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 (“to harvest, mow”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “to mow”).

Related words

aftermath lattermath math mead meadow Mow in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Derived words

mowable mow down mower mow the grass mowyer push-mow remow unmowed haymow mowburn mowburning mowburnt bemow

Translations

Arabic: جَزَّ Arabic: حشّ Armenian: հնձել Aromanian: tundu Belarusian: касі́ць Belarusian: секчы́ Bulgarian: кося́ Buryat: хадаха Catalan: segar Chickasaw: amo Chinese Mandarin: 刈 Chinese Mandarin: 割 Chinese Mandarin: 割草 Czech: kosit Czech: sekat Czech: žnout Czech: síci Danish: meje Danish: slå Danish: klippe Dutch: maaien Esperanto: tondi Esperanto: falĉi Estonian: niitma Finnish: niittää Finnish: leikata ruohoa French: couper l'herbe French: faucher French: tondre le gazon Galician: restrebar Galician: seiturar Galician: segar Galician: raer Galician: atrollar Galician: lampear Galician: gadañar Galician: cernar Galician: fradar Galician: esmozar Galician: degallar Galician: demoucar Gallo: faoucher German: mähen German: schneiden Hebrew: כיסוח Icelandic: slá Icelandic: slá gras Indonesian: memotong rumput Ingrian: löövvä Irish: bain Italian: falciare Italian: tagliare l'erba Italian: mietere Japanese: 刈る Kalmyk: хадх Korean: 베다 Korean: 깎다 Ladin: sië Latgalian: pļaut Latgalian: kauseit Latin: tondeō Latvian: pļaut Macedonian: ко́си Sougb: ahan Māori: tipi Mongolian: хадах Norman: faûchi Norwegian: slå Norwegian: skjære Norwegian: klippe Church Slavic: сѣщи Old English: māwan
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