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Definitions for: Mow
[n] a loft for storing hay
[v] make a sad face; "mop and mow"
[v] cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass"
Webster (1913) Definition: Mow, n. [Written also moe and mowe.] [F. moue pouting,
a wry face; cf. OD. mouwe the protruded lip.]
A wry face. ``Make mows at him.'' --Shak.
Mow, v. i.
To make mouths.
Nodding, becking, and mowing. --Tyndale.
Mow, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Mew, a gull.
Mow, v. [pres. sing. Mow, pl. Mowe, Mowen, Moun.]
[AS. magan. See May, v.]
May; can. ``Thou mow now escapen.'' [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. --Chaucer.
Mow, v. t. [imp. Mowed; p. p. Mowed or Mown; p. pr.
& vb. n. Mowing.] [OE. mowen, mawen, AS. m[=a]wan; akin to
D. maaijen, G. m["a]hen, OHG. m[=a]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.
Mow, v. i.
To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut
grass for hay.
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.
Mow, v. t.
To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a
barn; to pile and stow away.
Synonyms: cut down, hayloft, mop, pout
See Also: attic, cut, garret, grimace, loft, make a face, pull a face, scythe
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