mowing
Americannoun
-
mowings
plural
-
the act of leveling or cutting down grass, grain, etc., with a mowing machine or scythe.
-
the quantity of grass, grain, etc., cut in a specified period.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of mowing
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at mow 1, -ing 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
In case you’ve forgotten, mowing the lawn was central to Boehner’s everyman image when he was in office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
For the tourists' benefit, Vlkolinec puts on traditional craft demonstrations, from sewing folk costumes and gingerbread decorating to mowing and haymaking.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
"I counsel people to wear hearing protection when they're mowing grass instead of listening to music through earbuds," Price said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
Tam said she had not had a response from the operations team at the council, which oversees the mowing, but believes they were aware of the planting beforehand.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
Babysitting and tutoring and doing other kids’ homework and mowing lawns and redeeming bottles and selling scrap metal didn’t count.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
The outfield grass is a cow’s or pro golfer’s dream– lush, smooth, preternaturally green, with crisscross stripes laid down by artisanal mowings.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2016
Sample: grass mowings with "broken Dad's Cookie Biscuits and currants"; with equal quantities of rose petals; with uncooked oats.
From Time Magazine Archive
He collects fresh mowings, washes them tenderly, sets them out in the sun to dry, then nibbles them with fruit and cheese, or tosses them up with dressing in a variety of tasty salads.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have eaten grass mowings regularly for over three years, and off many lawns.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Walks, too, have all been turned and freshened, and the Turf has began to receive its regular rollings and mowings.
From Mirror of the Months by Peter George Patmore
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
