What does "mow" mean?
Mow: To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.
Additional senses
- 2.To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.
- 3.To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks of men.
- 4.To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay.
- 5.A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.
- 6.The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
- 7.To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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