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MOW

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: mown   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loft in a barn where hay is stored

Synonyms:

hayloft; haymow; mow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

The girl pouted

Synonyms:

mop; mow; pout

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cut with a blade or mower

Example:

mow the grass

Synonyms:

cut down; mow

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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)

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