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Mow
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 The act of mowing (a garden, grass, etc.).
"The lawn hasn't had a mow for a couple of months, so it's like a jungle out there!"
- 2 A scornful grimace; a wry face. dialectal
"Those that paint them dying […] delineate the prisoners spitting in their executioners faces, and making mowes at them."
- 3 A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans. regional
- 4 Alternative form of mew (a seagull) alt-of, alternative
- 5 Initialism of meals on wheels. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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- 6 a loft in a barn where hay is stored wordnet
- 7 A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
"I consider it would engender a stiff, tame, cautious mode of play, with only now and then a mow, or a chopping hit."
- 8 The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
- 1 To cut down grass or crops. transitive
"He mowed the lawn every few weeks in the summer."
- 2 To make grimaces, mock.
"For every trifle are they set upon me: / Sometime like apes that mow and chatter at me, / And after bite me;"
- 3 To put into mows.
- 4 make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip wordnet
- 5 To cut down or slaughter in great numbers. often, transitive
"In the afternoon they attacked again, in close formation: our artillery mowed them, but they came on and on, […]"
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- 6 cut with a blade or mower wordnet
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 (“I harvest, mow”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “I mow”).
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”).
From Middle English mowe, from Old French moe (“grimace”), from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”), from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“muff, sleeve”). Akin to Middle Dutch mouwe (“protruding lip”). Doublet of moue ("pout").
From Middle English mowe, from Old French moe (“grimace”), from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”), from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“muff, sleeve”). Akin to Middle Dutch mouwe (“protruding lip”). Doublet of moue ("pout").
From Middle English mowe, form Old English mūga, mūha, from Proto-West Germanic *mūgō, *mūhō, from Proto-Germanic *mūgô, *mūhō; perhaps connected to Ancient Greek μύκων (múkōn, “heap”). Cognate with Norwegian muge (“heap, crowd, flock”).
From Middle English mowe, form Old English mūga, mūha, from Proto-West Germanic *mūgō, *mūhō, from Proto-Germanic *mūgô, *mūhō; perhaps connected to Ancient Greek μύκων (múkōn, “heap”). Cognate with Norwegian muge (“heap, crowd, flock”).
Various origins: * A variant of the surname Mao. * A variant of the surnames Mowe or Maw. * A Scottish habitational surname, from a place in the parish of Morebattle.
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