Mow

Definitions

1. The act of mowing (a garden, grass, etc.).
2. A scornful grimace; a wry face.
   dialectal
3. A surname.
4. A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans.
   regional
5. Initialism of meals on wheels.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
7. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.

Equivalents

Examples

“The lawn hasn't had a mow for a couple of months, so it's like⟳ a jungle out there!”

“I consider⟳ it would engender a stiff, tame, cautious mode of play⟳, with only now and then a mow, or a chopping hit.”

“At times, they seemed to be playing an especially orgiastic version of Stick⟳ Cricket, all computerised mows over midwicket and 30 off the over.”

“Those that paint⟳ them dying […] delineate the prisoners spitting in their executioners faces, and making mowes at them.”

“Make⟳ mows at him.”

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