to lawn
- verb
- /lɔn/
- Your wife will say that you do better than she does dishes, Mow the lawn or take out trash.
Examples
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I mean, these guys are not exactly committed to lawn care.
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I'll mow your lawn in an England shirt if they score.
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The the landscape contractors for Detroit, it used to be every week they literally just start lawn mowing, lawn boom, boom.
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Brown lawns.
Fiction book (2000) -
Up next, a company called Yar Mow has unveiled the world's first year round multi purpose intelligent yard robot that can mow the lawn and clear the snow.
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He decided to mow the lawn every Saturday to keep the yard looking neat.
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After the rain, it's the perfect time to mow the lawn for a clean appearance.
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She loves to mow the lawn while listening to music on sunny days.
Synonyms
To cover ground with a layer of grass and soil
To cover the ground with grass and its roots
To cover an area with short green plants so it looks like a lawn
Cover an area of land with short green plants like those on a lawn
Compounds
- UK
A game on flat grass where players roll balls to stop near a small white ball called a jack
- Slang
A humorous nickname for Long Island that refers to its lawns and suburban accent
A grass used for lawns in Japan, China, and warm parts of the United States
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lawn as a verb comes from the same idea of making an open piece of land 'grassy' or neat. So to lawn a place is to cover or plant it with grass to make that tidy green area.