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单词 mowed
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
mow1 /moʊ/USA pronunciation   v., mowed, mowed or mown/moʊn/USA pronunciation  mow•ing. 
  1. Agricultureto cut down (grass, etc.), esp. with a machine: [+ object]He earned money mowing lawns.[no object]She was out mowing all morning.
  2. mow down:
    • to destroy or kill in great numbers, as in a battle: [+ object + down]mowed them down with the machine gun.[+ down + object]mowed down the advancing troops.
    • to overwhelm or defeat: [+ down + object]The pitcher mowed down one batter after another.[+ object + down]The pitcher mowed them down.
mow•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mow1  (mō),USA pronunciation v., mowed, mowed or mown, mow•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. Agricultureto cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
  2. Agricultureto cut grass, grain, etc., from:to mow the lawn.

v.i. 
  1. Agricultureto cut down grass, grain, etc.
  2. mow down:
    • to destroy or kill indiscriminately or in great numbers, as troops in battle.
    • to defeat, overwhelm, or overcome:The team mowed down its first four opponents.
    • to knock down.
  • bef. 900; Middle English mowen, Old English māwan; cognate with German mähen

mow2  (mou),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Agriculturethe place in a barn where hay, sheaves of grain, etc., are stored.
  2. Agriculturea heap or pile of hay or of sheaves of grain in a barn.

v.t. 
  1. Dialect Terms, Agriculture[Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S.]to store (hay) in a barn.
  • bef. 900; Middle English mow(e), Old English mūwa, mūha, mūga; cognate with Old Norse mūgi swath

mow3  (mou, mō),USA pronunciation [Archaic.]
n. 
  1. a wry or derisive grimace.

v.i. 
  1. to make mows, mouths, or grimaces.
Also, mowe. 
  • Frankish; akin to Middle Dutch mouwe protruded lip
  • Middle French moue lip, pout, Old French moe
  • Middle English mowe 1275–1325

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mow /məʊ/ vb (mows, mowing, mowed, mowed, mown)
  1. to cut down (grass, crops, etc) with a hand implement or machine
  2. (transitive) to cut the growing vegetation of (a field, lawn, etc)
Etymology: Old English māwan; related to Old High German māen, Middle Dutch maeyen to mow, Latin metere to reap, Welsh medi

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