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# mow

«mow» in Mova's school dictionary: **to cut it short with a machine called a lawnmower or with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (mow, mows, mowed, mowed or mown, mowing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To mow grass means to cut it short with a machine called a lawnmower or with a long blade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mow/#m1)

2) To mow down people or things means to knock them down or kill many of them quickly (used in war or accident reports). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mow/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety mowing the lawn is a common garden job; children must keep away from a running mower because the blades are very sharp and can throw stones. In farming hay is mown and dried for animals. Phrases: «mow the lawn», «freshly mown grass», «mow down».

### examples

- Dad mows the lawn every Saturday in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mow/#x1)
- I love the smell of freshly mown grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mow/#x2)
- Keep away from the mower when it is running. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mow/#x3)
- The farmer mowed the field to make hay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mow/#x4)
- My big sister earns pocket money by mowing neighbours' lawns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mow/#x5)
- Wear shoes when you are near someone mowing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mow/#x6)
- The grass needs mowing; it is too long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mow/#x7)
- In the story the giant mowed down the trees with his sword. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mow/#x8)
- The King did not fail asking of the mowers, to whom the meadow they were mowing belonged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mow/#x9)

### note

Past «mowed»; past participle «mowed» or «mown» («a mown field»). Homophone trap: «mow» rhymes with «go», not with «cow» (a «mow» rhyming with «cow» is an old word for a pile of hay). Person: «mower»; machine: «lawnmower».

### In the corpora

- [Gardens need regular weeding, mowing and watering or they quickly grow wild.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/15/)
- [Stay well away from a lawnmower, even when it is off; mowing is a grown-up's job.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mow» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.