MOW

hayloft, haymow, mow

(noun) a loft in a barn where hay is stored

pout, mop, mow

(verb) make a sad face and thrust out one’s lower lip; “mop and mow”; “The girl pouted”

mow, cut down

(verb) cut with a blade or mower; “mow the grass”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

mow (third-person singular simple present mows, present participle mowing, simple past mowed, past participle mown or mowed)

(transitive) To cut down grass or crops.

(transitive) To cut down or slaughter in great numbers.

Noun

mow (plural mows)

(cricket) A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.

Etymology 2

Noun

mow (plural mows)

(now only dialectal) A scornful grimace; a wry face. [from 14th c.]

Verb

mow (third-person singular simple present mows, present participle mowing, simple past and past participle mowed)

To make grimaces, mock.

Etymology 3

Noun

mow (plural mows)

(now regional) 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.

Verb

mow (third-person singular simple present mows, present participle mowing, simple past and past participle mowed)

(agriculture) To put into mows.

Etymology 4

Noun

mow (plural mows)

Alternative form of mew (a seagull)

Anagrams

• OMW, WMO

Noun

MOW

Initialism of meals on wheels.

Anagrams

• OMW, WMO

Source: Wiktionary


Mow, n. [Written also moe and mowe.] Etym: [F. moue pouting, a wry face; cf. OD. mouwe the protruded lip.]

Definition: A wry face. "Make mows at him." Shak.

Mow, v. i.

Definition: To make mouths. Nodding, becking, and mowing. Tyndale.

Mow, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Same as Mew, a gull.

Mow, v. [pres. sing. Mow, pl. Mowe, Mowen, Moun.] Etym: [AS. magan. See May, v.]

Definition: May; can. "Thou mow now escapen." [Obs.] Chaucer. Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. Chaucer.

Mow, v. t. [imp. Mowed; p. p. Mowed or Mown (; p. pr. & vb. n. Mowing.] Etym: [OE. mowen, mawen, AS. mawan; akin to D. maaijen, G. mähen, OHG. majan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. 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.

Mow, v. i.

Definition: To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay.

Mow, n. Etym: [OE. mowe, AS. m.]

1. A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.

2. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.

Mow, v. t.

Definition: To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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OSTENSIBLE

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Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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