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mow verb [ məʊ ]

• cut down (grass) with a machine.
• "mow the lawn a day or two before you go, so it stays looking tidy while you are away"
Similar: cut, cut down, scythe, shear, trim, crop, clip,
Origin: Old English māwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch maaien, German mähen ‘mow’, also to mead2.

mow noun

• a stack of hay, corn, or other crop.
• "a hay mow"
Origin: Old English mūga ; of unknown ultimate origin; compare with Swedish and Norwegian muga ‘heap’.

mow down

• kill someone by firing a series of bullets or other missiles.
"he was mown down in a hail of machine gun bullets"



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