mow
Meanings
Plural: mows
Noun
- a loft in a barn where hay is stored
- The act of mowing (a garden, grass, etc.).
- A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
- A scornful grimace; a wry face.
- A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans.
- The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
- Alternative form of mew (a seagull)
Verb
- cut with a blade or mower
- "mow the grass"
- make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
- "mop and mow"
- To cut down grass or crops.
- To cut down or slaughter in great numbers.
- To make grimaces, mock.
- To put into mows.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English mowen (participle mowen), from Old English māwan (past tense mēow, past participle māwen), from Proto-West Germanic *māan, from Proto-Germanic *mēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap”).
See also Dutch maaien, German mähen, Danish meje, Swedish meja; also Hittite [script needed] (ḫamešḫa, “spring/early summer”, literally “mowing time”), Latin metō (“I harvest, mow”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “I mow”).
Scrabble Score: 8
mow is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordmow is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mow is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
mow is a valid Words With Friends word