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mown |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mow \Mow\, v. t. [imp. {Mowed}; p. p. {Mowed} or {Mown}; p. pr & vb n. {Mowing}.] [OE. mowen, mawen, AS m[=a]wan; akin to D. maaijen G. m["a]hen, OHG. m[=a]jan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr ?. Cf {Math}, {Mead} a meadow, {Meadow}.] 1. To cut down as grass, with a scythe or machine. 2. To cut the grass from as to mow a meadow. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mown \Mown\, p. p. & a. Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by mowing; as a mown field. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mown adj : (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of new-mown hay" [syn: {cut}] [ant: {unmown}]
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