mow
pronunciation
How to pronounce mow in British English:
UK [məʊ]
How to pronounce mow in American English:
US [moʊ]
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- Noun:
- a loft for storing hay
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- Verb:
- cut with a blade or mower
- make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
Word Origin
- mow (v.)
- Old English mawan "to mow" (class VII strong verb; past tense meow, past participle mawen), from Proto-Germanic *mæanan (cognates: Middle Low German maeyen, Dutch maaien, Old High German maen, German mähen "to mow," Old English mæd "meadow"), from PIE root *me- (4) "to mow, to cut grass or grain" (cognates: poetic Greek amao, Latin metere "to reap, mow, crop," Italian mietere, Old Irish meithleorai "reapers," Welsh medi). Related: Mowed; mown; mowing.
- mow (n.)
- "stack of hay," Old English muga, muwa "a heap, swath of corn, crowd of people," earlier muha, from Proto-Germanic *mugon (cognates: Old Norse mugr "a heap," mostr "crowd"), of uncertain origin.
Example
- 1. You mow a lawn and , lo and behold , a week later you must mow it again .
- 2. You mow the lawn they want to join you .
- 3. Thank you for helping me mow the lawn .
- 4. For example , you could mow a neighbor 's lawn in exchange for her babysitting your child for an evening so you and your spouse can enjoy a movie or a quiet dinner .
- 5. If every yard you mow has a tree stump that needs to be removed , you may discover that rather than just being one more yard service , you have a unique opportunity in stump removal .