mow
/ˈmoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
Example Sentences
- "He mowed the lawn every few weeks in the summer."
- "Just let me wake up in the morning to the smell of new-mown hay."
- "In the afternoon they attacked again, in close formation: our artillery mowed them, but they came on and on, […]"
- "On the one hand, we had a scenario where, effectively, the American admiral just went "You know what, all the destroyers attack", at which point they mowed through the Japanese destroyers like a Grim Reaper through a harvest of very, very dead gorn, especially with the Brooklyns in support."
- "The lawn hasn't had a mow for a couple of months, so it's like a jungle out there!"
- "I consider it would engender a stiff, tame, cautious mode of play, with only now and then a mow, or a chopping hit."
Etymology
From Middle English mowen (participle mowen), from Old English māwan (past tense mēow, past participle māwen), from Proto-West Germanic *māan, from Proto-Germanic *mēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mjo (“to mow”), Dutch maaien (“to mow”), German mähen (“to mow”), Luxembourgish méien (“to mow”), Danish meje (“to mow”), Swedish meja (“to mow”); see also Hittite [script needed] (ḫamešḫa, “spring/early summer”, literally “mowing time”), Latin metō (“to harvest, mow”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “to mow”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmoʊ/
- British English: /ˈməʊ/