mown

Adjective
Synonyms: cut

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine“the smell of newly mown hay”Synonyms: cut
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Mown \Mown\, p. p. & a. Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by mowing; as, a mown field. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

2.To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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