mown
Americanverb
verb
Other Word Forms
Explanation
When grass or other plants are mown, they're trimmed or cut. A field of mown hay is a common sight in the countryside in the fall. After you start up the lawn mower and cut your grass, you can describe your lawn as mown. For many people, the smell of mown grass brings back memories of childhood summers. Crop fields that are planted in the spring are often mown by the end of the growing season. Mown and the related verb mow come from the Old English word mawan, "to mow," from a Germanic root.
Example Sentences
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So if it’s a grass buffer, it must be mown and kept to a certain standard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
The decline of their natural habitat means curlew often breed in farmers' hayfields where their nests can be destroyed if the grass is mown in May or June, before chicks have had time to fledge.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024
Some greens have deep rough on one side and closely mown areas on the other that send balls rolling some 20 yards away.
From Washington Times ● May 17, 2023
Hughes sent his approach long on the 18th and faced a difficult putt up closely mown grass to a green and raced away from him.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
The home did not have the money to check the growth of the wide stretches of grass by having it mown, so it had to be pulled by hand.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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