mown
- a past participle of mow1.
mow
1- to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
- to cut grass, grain, etc., from: to mow the lawn.
- to cut down grass, grain, etc.
- 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
1mow
2- 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.
- Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. to store (hay) in a barn.
Origin of mow
2mow
3or mowe
- a wry or derisive grimace.
- to make mows, mouths, or grimaces.
Origin of mow
3Examples from the Web for mown
Historical Examples of mown
Whole streets of houses were mown down by the flaming scythe.
Plotting in Pirate SeasFrancis Rolt-Wheeler
Heads and limbs will fall, mown down like ripe ears at the reaping!
The Brass BellEugne Sue
Unable to get within range themselves, they were mown down in lines.
Our SoldiersW.H.G. Kingston
Weeds that are but mown, come up afterwards only the more vigorously.
AurelianWilliam Ware
The song of the nightingale ceases about the time that the grass is mown.
Gryll GrangeThomas Love Peacock
mown
- a past participle of mow 1
mow
1- to cut down (grass, crops, etc) with a hand implement or machine
- (tr) to cut the growing vegetation of (a field, lawn, etc)
Word Origin for mow
mow
2- the part of a barn where hay, straw, etc, is stored
- the hay, straw, etc, stored
Word Origin for mow
mow
3- an archaic word for grimace
Word Origin for mow
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.