| Mow 1. (n.) A wry face. 2. (v. i.) To make mouths. 3. (n.) Same as Mew. 4. (pres. sing.) of Mow 5. (v.) May; can. 6. (v. t.) To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine. 7. (v. t.) To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow. 8. (v. t.) 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. 9. (v. i.) To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay. 10. (n.) A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn. 11. (n.) The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed. 12. (v. t.) To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away. Thesaurus Entries abbreviate, abridge, abstract, anthill, bank, bob, boil down, bring in, capsulize, clip, cock, compress, condense, contract, crib, crop, crop herbs, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, dab, dig, dock, drag, dress, drift, dub, dune, elevator, elide, embankment, epitomize, equalize, even, face, flatten, foreshorten, frown, garner, gather, gather in, glean, glower, grabble, grade, grain bin, grain elevator, granary, grease, grimace, harrow, harvest, hay, haycock, hayloft, haymow, hayrick, haystack, heap, hill, lay, level, long face, lower, lubricate, make a face, make a mouth, molehill, mop, mop and mow, moue, mound, mouth, mouthing, mug, nip, nut, oil, pare, pick, pile, plane, planish, plaster, pluck, poll, pollard, pout, prune, pull a face, pyramid, reap, reap and carry, recap, recapitulate, reduce, retrench, rick, rictus, ruck, scowl, shave, shear, shock, shorten, silo, smooth, smooth down, smooth out, snarl, snowdrift, snub, stack, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take in, telescope, trim, truncate, wry face, wry mouth |