MOW (mown)

Pronunciation (US):

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: mown   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mow mean? 

• MOW (noun)
  The noun MOW has 1 sense:

1. a loft in a barn where hay is stored

  Familiarity information: MOW used as a noun is very rare.

• MOW (verb)
  The verb MOW has 2 senses:

1. cut with a blade or mower

2. make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip

  Familiarity information: MOW used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loft in a barn where hay is stored

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hayloft; haymow; mow

Hypernyms ("mow" is a kind of...):

attic; garret; loft (floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage)

Holonyms ("mow" is a part of...):

barn (an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals)

Derivation:

mow (cut with a blade or mower)

• MOW (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they mow    ... he / she / it mows   
Past simple: mowed    / mown   
Past participle: mowed    / mown   
-ing form: mowing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut with a blade or mower

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cut down; mow

Context example:

mow the grass

Hypernyms (to "mow" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mow"):

scythe (cut with a scythe)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They mow rye in the field

Derivation:

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

mower (garden tool for mowing grass on lawns)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

mop; mow; pout

Context example:

The girl pouted

Hypernyms (to "mow" is one way to...):

grimace; make a face; pull a face (contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s