mow1
v.
(past part. mowed or mown)
- cut down or trim (grass or a cereal crop) with a machine or scythe.
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(mow someone down)
kill someone with a fusillade of bullets or other missiles.
▸recklessly knock someone down with a car.
Derivative
Etymology
OE māwan, of Gmc origin; rel. to mead2.
mow2
n.
N. Amer. or
dialect - a stack of hay, corn, or other crop.
- a place in a barn where such a stack is kept.
Etymology
OE mūga; of unknown ultimate origin.