GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Mow (mō), v. t. [imp. Mowed (mōd); p. p. Mowed or Mown (mōn); p. pr. & vb. n. Mowing.] [OE. mowen, mawen, AS. māwan; akin to D. maaijen, G. mähen, OHG. mājan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. ἀμᾶν.  Cf. Math, Mead a meadow, Meadow.]
   1. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.
   
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   2. To cut the grass from; as, “to mow a meadow”.
   
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   3. To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with down; as, “a discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks of men”.
   
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   Mown (?), p. p. & a. Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by mowing; as, “a mown field”.
   
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