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mow/məʊ $ moʊ/ verb (past tense mowed, past participle mown or mowed /məʊn $ moʊn/) [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]
[Language : Old English; Origin : mawan]
1. to cut grass using a machine:
　 ▪ It’s time to mow the lawn again.

2. new-mown hay/grass etc
recently cut grass etc
mow somebody ↔ down phrasal verb informal
1. to kill large numbers of people at the same time, especially by shooting them:
　 ▪ The soldiers were mown down by machine gun fire.

2. to kill someone by driving into them fast:
　 ▪ He was sentenced to two years in prison for mowing down a nine-year old girl.
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THESAURUS
▪cut to divide something into two or more pieces, especially using a knife or scissors :
　 ▪ Do you want me to cut the cake?
　 ▪ He cut off the lower branches.
▪snip to quickly cut something, especially using scissors :
　 ▪ I snipped the label off.
　 ▪ The hairdresser snipped away at her hair.
▪slit to make a long narrow cut through something, especially using a knife :
　 ▪ He slit the envelope open with a penknife.
　 ▪ She slit through the plastic covering.
▪slash to cut something quickly and violently with a knife, making a long thin cut :
　 ▪ Someone had slashed the tyres on his car.
　 ▪ He tried to slash his wrists.
▪saw to cut wood, using a saw (=a tool with a row of sharp points) :
　 ▪ Saw the wood to the correct length.
▪chop to cut wood, vegetables, or meat into pieces :
　 ▪ Bill was outside chopping up firewood with an axe.
　 ▪ They chopped down the old tree.
　 ▪ finely chopped onion
▪slice to cut bread, meat, or vegetables into thin pieces :
　 ▪ I’ll slice the cucumber.
　 ▪ Slice the bread thinly.
▪dice to cut vegetables or meat into small square pieces :
　 ▪ First dice the apple into cubes.
▪grate to cut cheese or a hard vegetable by rubbing it against a special tool :
　 ▪ Grate the cheese and sprinkle it over the vegetables.
▪peel to cut the outside part off something such as a potato or apple :
　 ▪ I peeled the potatoes and put them in a saucepan.
▪carve to cut thin pieces from a large piece of meat :
　 ▪ Uncle Ray carved the turkey.
▪mow to cut the grass in a garden, park etc :
　 ▪ A gardener was mowing the lawn.
▪trim (also clip) to cut a small amount off something, especially to make it look neater :
　 ▪ He was trimming his beard.
　 ▪ Trim the excess fat off the meat.

verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mow the grass (=cut it with a special machine)
▪ I usually mow the grass once a week.
mowing...lawn (=cutting the grass)
▪ I spent all morning mowing the lawn .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
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▪ Use your pistol to dispense with individual guards or your machine gun to mow down a line of enemies.
▪ That night an army of street-cleaning machines invades Ninth Avenue from the north, mowing down anything in their paths.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ It took me two hours to mow the lawn.
▪ The boy next door mows the lawn for us.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Are they coming to mow the lawn or to liberate the hostages with rakes, clippers and blowers?
▪ How often do you mow the tundra?
▪ I threw myself into the mowing, weeding, pruning, planting, cultivating as only a beginner can.
▪ If a moon show a silver shield, Be not afraid to mow the field.
▪ No, she got pissed when he was mowing the lawn.
▪ That night an army of street-cleaning machines invades Ninth Avenue from the north, mowing down anything in their paths.
▪ Use your pistol to dispense with individual guards or your machine gun to mow down a line of enemies.
▪ Why would you not be afraid to mow the field?