English Dictionary: mow | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m[?]w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m[94]we, OHG. m[?]h, Icel. m[be]r.] (Zo[94]l.) A gull, esp. the common British species ({Larus canus}); called also {sea mew}, {maa}, {mar}, {mow}, and {cobb}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mow \Mow\, n. [Written also {moe} and {mowe}.] [F. moue pouting, a wry face; cf. OD. mouwe the protruded lip.] A wry face. [bd]Make mows at him.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mow \Mow\, v. i. To make mouths. Nodding, becking, and mowing. --Tyndale. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mow \Mow\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mew}, a gull. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mow \Mow\, v. t. [imp. {Mowed}; p. p. {Mowed} or {Mown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mowing}.] [OE. mowen, mawen, AS. m[be]wan; akin to D. maaijen, G. m[84]hen, OHG. m[be]jan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Math}, {Mead} a meadow, {Meadow}.] 1. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine. 2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow. 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mow \Mow\, v. [pres. sing. {Mow}, pl. {Mowe}, {Mowen}, {Moun}.] [AS. magan. See {May}, v.] May; can. [bd]Thou mow now escapen.[b8] [Obs.] --Chaucer. Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mow \Mow\, v. i. To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mow \Mow\, n. [OE. mowe, AS. m[?]ga.] 1. A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn. 2. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mow \Mow\, v. t. To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away. |