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mow

UK/maʊ̯/ US/moʊ/ uncommon obsolete
verb (2) noun (1)

verb

1.

cut with a blade or mower

  • “mow the grass”
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2.

make a sad face and thrust out one''s lower lip

  • “mop and mow”
  • “The girl pouted”
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noun

1.

a loft for storing hay

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Origin

From Middle English mowen (participle mowen), from Old English māwan (past tense mēow, past participle māwen), from Proto-West Germanic *māan, from Proto-Germanic *mēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mjo (“to mow”), Dutch maaien (“to mow”), German mähen (“to mow”), Luxembourgish méien (“to mow”), Danish meje (“to mow”), Swedish meja (“to mow”); see also Hittite [script needed] (ḫamešḫa, “spring/early summer”, literally “mowing time”), Latin metō (“to harvest, mow”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “to mow”).

Phrases

  • mow down
  • mow the grass

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