mow

Meanings

Verb

• To cut down grass or crops.
• To cut down or slaughter in great numbers.
• To make grimaces, mock.
• To put into mows.

Noun

• The act of mowing (a garden, grass etc.)
• A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
• A scornful grimace; a wry face.
• 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.
• Alternative of mew (a seagull)

Origin

• From Middle English mowen (participle mowen), from Old English māwan (past tense mēow, past participle māwen), from Proto-Germanic *mēaną (compare Dutch maaien, German mähen, Danish meje, Swedish meja), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- ("to mow, reap"); compare Hittite, Latin metō ("I harvest, mow"), Ancient Greek ἀμάω ("I mow").
• Middle English mowe, from Middle French moue ("lip, pout"), from Old French moe ("grimace"), from Frankish *mauwu, from Proto-Germanic *mawwō ("muff, sleeve"). Akin to Middle Dutch mouwe ("protruding lip"). Cognate to moue.
• Old English mūga. Cognate with Norwegian muge ("heap, crowd, flock").