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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mow \Mow\ (m[=o]), v. t. [imp. {Mowed} (m[=o]d); p. p. {Mowed}
     or {Mown} (m[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Mowing}.] [OE. mowen,
     mawen, AS. m[=a]wan; akin to D. maaijen, G. m[aum]hen, OHG.
     m[=a]jan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. 'ama^n. Cf.
     {Math}, {Mead} a meadow, {Meadow}.]
     1. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.


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     2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.
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     3. 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mown \Mown\, p. p. & a.
     Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by mowing;
     as, a mown field.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mown
       See {mow}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mow
       n : a loft for storing hay [syn: {hayloft}]
       v 1: cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass" [syn: {cut down}]
       2: make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and
          mow"; "The girl pouted" [syn: {pout}, {mop}]
       [also: {mown}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mown
       adj : (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement
             or machine; "the smell of new-mown hay" [syn: {cut}]
             [ant: {unmown}]

















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