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What does MOW mean?

Definitions for MOW
moʊmow

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word MOW.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. hayloft, haymow, mowverb

    a loft in a barn where hay is stored

  2. mow, cut downverb

    cut with a blade or mower

    "mow the grass"

  3. pout, mop, mowverb

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

    "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Mownoun

    A loft or chamber where hay or corn is laid up: hay in mow, is hay laid up in a house; hay in rick, is hay heaped together in a field.

    Etymology: mowe , Saxon, a heap.

    Learne skilfullie how
    Each grain for to laie by itself on a mow. Thomas Tusser, Husb.

    Where’er I gad, I Blouzelind shall view,
    Woods, dairy, barn, and mows our passion knew. John Gay.

    Beans when moist give in the mow. John Mortimer, Husb.

  2. Mownoun

    Wry mouth; distorted face. This word is now out of use, but retained in Scotland.

    Etymology: mowe , Saxon, a heap.

    The very abjects came together against me unawares, making mows at me. Psal. Common Prayer. xxxv. 15.

    Apes and monkeys,
    ’Twixt two such she’s, would chatter this way, and
    Contemn with mows the other. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

    Those that would make mowes at him while my father lived, give twenty ducats apiece for his picture in little. William Shakespeare.

  3. To Mowverb

    preter. mowed, part. mown.

    Etymology: mawan , Saxon.

    Of all the seed that in my youth was sowne,
    Was nought but brakes and brambles to be mown. Edmund Spenser.

    The care you have
    To mow down thorns that would annoy our foot,
    Is worthy praise. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p. iii.

    Forth he goes,
    Like to a harvest man, that’s task’d to mow
    Or all, or lose his hire. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

    It was the latter growth after the king’s mowings. Amos vii.

    Whatever
    The scythe of time mows down, devour unspar’d. John Milton.

    Beat, roll and mow carpet-walks and cammomile. John Evelyn.

    He will mow down all before him, and leave his passage poll’d. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

    What valiant foemen, like to autumn’s corn,
    Have we mow’d down. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

    Thou and I, marching before our troops,
    May taste fate to ’em; mow ’em out a passage,
    Begin the noble harvest of the field. John Dryden, All for Love.

    Stands o’er the prostrate wretch, and as he lay,
    Vain tales inventing, and prepar’d to pray,
    Mows off his head. John Dryden, Æn.

  4. To Mowverb

    To put in a mow.

    Etymology: from the noun.

  5. To Mowverb

    To gather the harvest.

    Gold, though the heaviest metal, hither swims:
    Ours is the harvest where the Indians mow,
    We plough the deep, and reap what others sow. Edmund Waller.

  6. To Mowverb

    To make mouths; to distort the face.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    Some Smithfield ruffian takes up some new mowing with the mouth, some wrenching with the shoulder, some fresh, new oath, that is not stale, but will run round in the mouth. Roger Ascham, Schoolmaster.

    Mohu, of murder; and Flibbertigibbet, of mopping and mowing. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    For every trifle are they set upon me;
    Sometimes like apes that mow and chatter at me,
    And after bite me. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

ChatGPT

  1. mow

    To mow means to cut down or trim something, such as grass or a field, typically using a machine or tool designed for this purpose, like a lawn mower or scythe.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mownoun

    a wry face

  2. Mowverb

    to make mouths

  3. Mownoun

    same as Mew, a gull

  4. Mow

    of Mow

  5. Mow

    may; can

  6. Mowverb

    to cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine

  7. Mowverb

    to cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow

  8. Mowverb

    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

  9. Mowverb

    to cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay

  10. Mownoun

    a heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn

  11. Mownoun

    the place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed

  12. Mowverb

    to lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away

  13. Etymology: [OE. mowen, mawen, AS. mwan; akin to D. maaijen, G. mhen, OHG. mjan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. 'ama^n. Cf. Math, Mead a meadow, Meadow.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Mow

    mow, n. a wry face.—v.i. to make grimaces. [Fr. moue, a grimace.]

  2. Mow

    mow, n. a pile of hay or corn in sheaves laid up in a barn.—v.t. to lay hay or sheaves of grain in a heap:—pr.p. mow′ing; pa.t. mowed; pa.p. mowed or mown.—v.i. Mow′burn, to heat and ferment in the mow. [A.S. múga, heap; Ice. múga, swath.]

  3. Mow

    mō, v.t. to cut down with a scythe: to cut down in great numbers:—pr.p. mow′ing; pa.t. mowed; pa.p. mowed or mown.—adjs. Mowed, Mown, cut down with a scythe: cleared of grass with a scythe, as land.—ns. Mow′er, one who mows grass, &c.: a machine for mowing grass; Mow′ing, the act of cutting down with a scythe: land from which grass is cut; Mow′ing-machine′, a machine with revolving cutters for mowing lawns. [A.S. máwan; Ger. mähen; L. metĕre, to reap.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. mow

    To cut down with speed; to cut down indiscriminately, or in great numbers or quantity; to sweep away; as, a discharge of grape-shot mows down whole ranks of men.

Editors Contribution

  1. mowverb

    To cut out an (area of grass) using a lawnmower.

    I had to mow the lawn.


    Submitted by zakaria1409 on June 30, 2022  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. MOW

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mow is ranked #35866 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Mow surname appeared 626 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Mow.

    54.7% or 343 total occurrences were White.
    32.1% or 201 total occurrences were Asian.
    7.3% or 46 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    4.7% or 30 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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  1. OMW

  2. WMO

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of MOW in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of MOW in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of MOW in a Sentence

  1. Chrissy VanKavelaar:

    Every time it rains or we mow we find another piece of that car.

  2. Eric Terrill:

    We put that on an underwater robot that is like a torpedo and it continuously goes back and forth over the area, we essentially mow the lawn with this device.

  3. Ronald Cook:

    The last thing he said to me, he fussed at me for mowing the lawn because he wanted to mow it.

  4. Charles A. Shelton, Sr.:

    The grass may be greener on the other side, but either way…you’ve got to mow it.

  5. David L. Bonar:

    The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence because you don't have to mow it. - David L. Bonar, First said by me circ. September 26, 1992 (about age 50).

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