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DictionarymowCutting grass or grain
verb

mow

MOH/məʊ/

Cut grass or grain with a blade or machine.

The man mows tall grass, leaving a shorter strip behind the mower.

A man pushes a lawn mower through a small patch of tall grass, leaving a clearly shorter, freshly cut strip behind it.
Etymology
mowOld Englishto cut grass with a sharp instrument

Old English mawan already meant cutting grass with a scythe or another sharp instrument. The modern sense retains that cutting action, whether performed with a blade or a machine.

In context

Farm Hand's Companion2:40
I would mow one of my first experiences with mowing grass with a push mower was
The Sickle - My Favorite Farm Tool

More examples

  • They mowed the field yesterday.
  • She is mowing the lawn.
  • The grass had been mown before the rain.

Forms

mow · mows · mowed · mown · mowing

Similar words

cut
The broad action without specifying grass or grain.
reap
Emphasizes harvesting a crop rather than trimming a lawn.