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mow

verb

  1. to cut grass or grain
L17921 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. a stack of hay, corn, or other crop
L324212 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /maʊ̯/

name

Etymology: Various origins: * A variant of the surname Mao. * A variant of the surnames Mowe or Maw. * A Scottish habitational surname, from a place in the parish of Morebattle.

  1. A surname.

noun

  1. Initialism of meals on wheels.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English mowe, form Old English mūga, mūha, from Proto-West Germanic *mūgō, *mūhō, from Proto-Germanic *mūgô, *mūhō; perhaps connected to Ancient Greek μύκων (múkōn, “heap”). Cognate with Norwegian muge (“heap, crowd, flock”).

  1. To put into mows.