verb

mow

MOH

verb

To cut grass or crops close to the ground.

"He mows the lawn every Saturday morning."

To kill or knock down in large numbers, often violently (usually as "mow down").

"The car mowed down several pedestrians on the sidewalk."

How to Use Mow

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo cut grass short, or to strike down forcefully in numbers.

Common pairings

mow the lawn mow down mow the grass

Word Forms

mowed past tense, mown past tense, mowed past tense, mowed past tense, mows plural, mows plural, mows plural, Mows plural, mows singular, mows singular, mows singular

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Etymology

From Old English māwan, "to mow, reap," a very old word shared across Germanic languages and related to Latin metō, "to harvest."