mow
The act of mowingThe act of mowing (a garden, grass, etc.).
» I want Tom to mow the lawn.
Я хочу, щоб Том підстриг газон.
Meaning
5 sensesThe 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!
A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
(dialectal)A scornful grimace; a wry face.
грима́саgrimása
(regional)A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans.
стогstog, скирда́skirdá, сенова́лsenovál
a loft in a barn where hay is stored
The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
Examples
184 sentencesI want Tom to mow the lawn.
Я хочу, щоб Том підстриг газон.
Did you tell Tom to mow the lawn?
Ти сказав Тому покосити траву на газоні?
ruТы сказал Тому покосить лужайку?
I'll have Tom mow your lawn.
Tom needs to mow his lawn.
I still haven't mowed the lawn.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English mowen (participle mowen), from Old English māwan (past tense mēow, pasFrom 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”).
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”).
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Forms
plural: mowsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsCollocations
7 patterns- mow the lawn
- mow our lawn
- to mow the
- mowing his lawn
- mow your lawn
- to mow our
- mowing lawns