Meaning of Mow | Babel Free

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.

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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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