mown

[ mohn ]

/ moʊn /

verb

a past participle of mow¹.

RELATED WORDS

trim, shear, crop, clip, scythe, sickle

Nearby words

Related formsun·mown, adjective

mow

[ moh ]

/ moʊ /

verb (used with object), mowed, mowed or mown, mow·ing.

to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.

to cut grass, grain, etc., from: to mow the lawn.

verb (used without object), mowed, mowed or mown, mow·ing.

to cut down grass, grain, etc.

Verb Phrases

mow down,

to destroy or kill indiscriminately or in great numbers, as troops in battle.
to defeat, overwhelm, or overcome: The team mowed down its first four opponents.
to knock down.

Origin of mow

before 900; Middle English mowen, Old English māwan; cognate with German mähen

mow

[ mou ]

/ maʊ /

noun

the place in a barn where hay, sheaves of grain, etc., are stored.

a heap or pile of hay or of sheaves of grain in a barn.

verb (used with object)

Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. to store (hay) in a barn.

Origin of mow

before 900; Middle English mow(e), Old English mūwa, mūha, mūga; cognate with Old Norse mūgi swath

mow

or mowe

[ mou, moh ]

/ maʊ, moʊ /

Archaic.

noun

a wry or derisive grimace.

verb (used without object)

to make mows, mouths, or grimaces.

Origin of mow

1275–1325; Middle English mowe < Middle French moue lip, pout, Old French moe < Frankish; akin to Middle Dutch mouwe protruded lip

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Examples from the Web for mown

At the hour she reached Pencoch the mown hay was dry and the people were gathering it together.
My Neighbors|Caradoc Evans
With effect too, for the front rows went down like mown corn.
The White Hand and the Black|Bertram Mitford
While passing through a grass field recently mown, a lark flew up from almost under my feet.
A Walk from London to John O'Groat's|Elihu Burritt
Miller's house, the cornfield east, the mown field south, the turnpike and the woods west.
Following the Flag|Charles Carleton Coffin

These magnificent troopers, men of great physical strength and of the highest courage, advanced only to be mown down.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 4 (of 10)|James Edward Parrott

British Dictionary definitions for mown

mown

/ (məʊn) /

verb

a past participle of mow 1

mow

/ (məʊ) /

verb mows, mowing, mowed, mowed or mown

to cut down (grass, crops, etc) with a hand implement or machine

(tr) to cut the growing vegetation of (a field, lawn, etc)

Derived Formsmower, noun

Word Origin for mow

Old English māwan; related to Old High German māen, Middle Dutch maeyen to mow, Latin metere to reap, Welsh medi

mow

/ (maʊ) /

noun

the part of a barn where hay, straw, etc, is stored

the hay, straw, etc, stored

Word Origin for mow

Old English mūwa; compare Old Norse mūgr heap, Greek mukōn

mow

/ (maʊ) /

noun, verb

an archaic word for grimace

Word Origin for mow

C14: from Old French moe a pout, or Middle Dutch mouwe

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Word Origin and History for mown

mow

Old English mawan "to mow" (class VII strong verb; past tense meow, past participle mawen), from Proto-Germanic *mæanan (cf. Middle Low German maeyen, Dutch maaien, Old High German maen, German mähen "to mow," Old English mæd "meadow"), from PIE root *me- "to mow, to cut down grass or grain with a sickle or scythe" (cf. poetic Greek amao, Latin metere "to reap, mow, crop," Italian mietere, Old Irish meithleorai "reapers," Welsh medi). Related: Mowed; mown; mowing.

mow

"stack of hay," Old English muga, muwa "a heap, swath of corn, crowd of people," earlier muha, from Proto-Germanic *mugon (cf. Old Norse mugr "a heap," mostr "crowd"), of uncertain origin.