mow
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: mows
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mowing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: mowed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: mown
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: mowed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: mows
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To cut down grass or crops.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He mowed the lawn every few weeks in the summer.
Just let me wake up in the morning to the smell of new-mown hay.
gloss: To cut down or slaughter in great numbers.
pos: verb
tags: often
transitive
examples: In the afternoon they attacked again, in close formation: our artillery mowed them, but they came on and on, […]
On the one hand, we had a scenario where, effectively, the American admiral just went "You know what, all the destroyers attack", at which point they mowed through the Japanese destroyers like a Grim Reaper through a harvest of very, very dead gorn, especially with the Brooklyns in support.
gloss: The act of mowing (a garden, grass, etc.).
pos: noun
examples: The lawn hasn't had a mow for a couple of months, so it's like a jungle out there!
gloss: A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
pos: noun
examples: I consider it would engender a stiff, tame, cautious mode of play, with only now and then a mow, or a chopping hit.
At times, they seemed to be playing an especially orgiastic version of Stick Cricket, all computerised mows over midwicket and 30 off the over.
Related words: aftermath
lattermath
math
mead
meadow
Derived words: mowable
mow down
mower
mow the grass
mowyer
push-mow
remow
unmowed
haymow
mowburn
mowburning
mowburnt
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: جَزَّ
roman: jazza
lang: Arabic
word: حشّ
roman: ḥəšš
lang: Armenian
word: հնձել
roman: hnjel
lang: Aromanian
word: tundu
lang: Belarusian
word: касі́ць
roman: kasícʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: секчы́
roman: sjekčý
lang: Bulgarian
word: кося́
roman: kosjá
lang: Buryat
word: хадаха
roman: xadaxa
lang: Catalan
word: segar
lang: Chickasaw
word: amo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 刈
roman: yì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 割
roman: gē
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 割草
roman: gēcǎo
lang: Czech
word: kosit
lang: Czech
word: sekat
lang: Czech
word: žnout
lang: Czech
word: síci
lang: Danish
word: meje
lang: Danish
word: slå
lang: Danish
word: klippe
lang: Dutch
word: maaien
lang: Esperanto
word: tondi
lang: Esperanto
word: falĉi
lang: Estonian
word: niitma
lang: Finnish
word: niittää
lang: Finnish
word: leikata ruohoa
lang: French
word: couper l'herbe
lang: French
word: faucher
lang: French
word: tondre le gazon
lang: Galician
word: restrebar
lang: Galician
word: seiturar
lang: Galician
word: segar
lang: Galician
word: raer
lang: Galician
word: atrollar
lang: Galician
word: lampear
lang: Galician
word: gadañar
lang: Galician
word: cernar
lang: Galician
word: fradar
lang: Galician
word: esmozar
lang: Galician
word: degallar
lang: Galician
word: demoucar
lang: Galician
word: espolar
lang: Gallo
word: faoucher
lang: German
word: mähen
lang: German
word: schneiden
lang: Hebrew
word: כיסוח
roman: kisokh
lang: Icelandic
word: slá
lang: Icelandic
word: slá gras
lang: Indonesian
word: memotong rumput
lang: Ingrian
word: löövvä
lang: Irish
word: bain
lang: Italian
word: falciare
lang: Italian
word: tagliare l'erba
lang: Italian
word: mietere
lang: Japanese
word: 刈る
roman: karu
lang: Kalmyk
word: хадх
roman: xadx
lang: Korean
word: 베다
roman: beda
lang: Korean
word: 깎다
roman: kkakda
lang: Ladin
word: sië
lang: Latgalian
word: pļaut
lang: Latgalian
word: kauseit
lang: Latin
word: tondeō
lang: Latvian
word: pļaut
lang: Macedonian
word: ко́си
roman: kósi
lang: Sougb
word: ahan
lang: Māori
word: tipi
lang: Mirandese
word: cortar
lang: Mongolian
word: хадах
roman: xadax
lang: Norman
word: faûchi
lang: Norwegian
word: slå
lang: Norwegian
word: skjære
lang: Norwegian
word: klippe
lang: Church Slavic
word: сѣщи
roman: sěšti
lang: Old English
word: māwan
lang: Ossetian
word: кӕрдын
roman: kærdyn
lang: Polish
word: kosić
lang: Polish
word: skosić
lang: Polish
word: żąć
lang: Polish
word: zżąć
lang: Polish
word: siec
lang: Portuguese
word: cortar
lang: Quechua
word: ichhuy
lang: Romanian
word: tunde
lang: Russian
word: коси́ть
roman: kosítʹ
lang: Russian
word: ска́шивать
roman: skášivatʹ
lang: Russian
word: скоси́ть
roman: skosítʹ
lang: Russian
word: покоси́ть
roman: pokosítʹ
lang: Russian
word: откоси́ть
roman: otkosítʹ
lang: Russian
word: сечь
roman: sečʹ
lang: Russian
word: посе́чь
roman: poséčʹ
lang: Russian
word: вы́сечь
roman: výsečʹ
lang: Russian
word: жать
roman: žatʹ
lang: Russian
word: пожа́ть
roman: požátʹ
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: buain
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: косити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kositi
lang: Sicilian
word: faucijari
lang: Sicilian
word: mètiri
lang: Sicilian
word: tagghiari i fraschi
lang: Slovak
word: kosiť
lang: Slovak
word: sekať
lang: Slovak
word: žať
lang: Slovak
word: siecť
lang: Slovene
word: kositi
lang: Slovene
word: pokositi
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: sec
lang: Spanish
word: podar
lang: Spanish
word: segar
lang: Swedish
word: slå
lang: Swedish
word: klippa
lang: Swedish
word: meja
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: طرپانلامق
roman: tırpanlamak
lang: Ukrainian
word: коси́ти
roman: kosýty
lang: Ukrainian
word: сікти́
roman: siktý
lang: Unami
word: tëmàskwe
lang: Vietnamese
word: cắt
lang: Vietnamese
word: cắt cỏ
lang: Walloon
word: fåtchî
lang: Walloon
word: soyî
lang: Walloon
word: tonde
lang: Welsh
word: lladd gwair
lang: Zazaki
word: çinitene
lang: Zazaki
word: çinen
lang: Zazaki
word: çinayen