mow

Plural: mows

Noun

a loft in a barn where hay is stored
The act of mowing (a garden, grass, etc.).
A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
A scornful grimace; a wry face.
A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans.
The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
Alternative form of mew (a seagull)

Verb

Verb Forms: mowed, mown, mowing, mows

To cut down grass or other vegetation with a machine or scythe.
cut with a blade or mower
- "mow the grass"
make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
- "mop and mow"
To cut down grass or crops.
To cut down or slaughter in great numbers.
To make grimaces, mock.
To put into mows.

Examples

He mowed the lawn every few weeks in the summer.
He wished he could mow down his opponent’s score, but alas, only words could do that.
The lawn hasn't had a mow for a couple of months, so it's like a jungle out there!

Origin / 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”).
See also Dutch maaien, German mähen, Danish meje, Swedish meja; also Hittite [script needed] (ḫamešḫa, “spring/early summer”, literally “mowing time”), Latin metō (“I harvest, mow”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “I mow”).

Synonyms

cut down, hayloft, haymow, mop, pout

Scrabble Score: 8

mow: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
mow: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mow: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

mow: valid Words With Friends Word