mow
verb/məʊ/
/məʊ/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they mow | /məʊ/ /məʊ/ |
| he / she / it mows | /məʊz/ /məʊz/ |
| past simple mowed | /məʊd/ /məʊd/ |
| past participle mown | /məʊn/ /məʊn/ |
| past participle mowed | /məʊd/ /məʊd/ |
| -ing form mowing | /ˈməʊɪŋ/ /ˈməʊɪŋ/ |
- mow (something) to cut grass, etc. using a machine or tool with a special blade (= sharp cutting edge) or blades
- I mow the lawn every week in summer.
- the smell of new-mown hay
- the smell of freshly mown grass
- The lawn needs mowing every week in summer.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMow is used with these nouns as the object:- grass
- lawn
- yard
- …
Word OriginOld English māwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch maaien, German mähen ‘mow’.Want to learn more?
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