[syn: pout, mop, mow]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h,
Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zool.)
A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus);
called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mow \Mow\, n. (Zool.)
Same as Mew, a gull.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mow \Mow\, v. [pres. sing. Mow, pl. Mowe, Mowen, Moun.]
[AS. magan. See May, v.]
May; can. "Thou mow now escapen." [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mow \Mow\ (m[=o]), v. t. [imp. Mowed (m[=o]d); p. p. Mowed
or Mown (m[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Mowing.] [OE. mowen,
mawen, AS. m[=a]wan; akin to D. maaijen, G. m[aum]hen, OHG.
m[=a]jan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. 'ama^n. Cf.
Math, Mead a meadow, Meadow.]
1. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.
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2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.
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3. To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in
mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot
mows down whole ranks of men.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mow \Mow\, v. i.
To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut
grass for hay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mow \Mow\ (mou), n. [OE. mowe, AS. m[=u]ga.]
1. A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a
barn.
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2. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is
stowed.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mow \Mow\ (mou), v. t.
To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a
barn; to pile and stow away.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mow \Mow\, n. [Written also moe and mowe.] [F. moue pouting,
a wry face; cf. OD. mouwe the protruded lip.]
A wry face. "Make mows at him." --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mow \Mow\, v. i.
To make mouths.
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Nodding, becking, and mowing. --Tyndale.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mow
n 1: a loft in a barn where hay is stored [syn: hayloft,
haymow, mow]
v 1: cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass" [syn: mow,
cut down]
2: make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and
mow"; "The girl pouted" [syn: pout, mop, mow]