Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mown"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mow \Mow\, v. t. [imp. {Mowed}; p. p. {Mowed} or {Mown}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Mowing}.] [OE. mowen, mawen, AS. m[=a]wan; akin to
D. maaijen, G. m["a]hen, OHG. m[=a]jan, Dan. meie, L. metere
to reap, mow, Gr. ?. Cf. {Math}, {Mead} a meadow, {Meadow}.]
1. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.
2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mown \Mown\, p. p. & a.
Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by mowing;
as, a mown field.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mown
adj : (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement
or machine; "the smell of new-mown hay" [syn: {cut}]
[ant: {unmown}]
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