🌱 To cut grass 🏚️ A hay loft 😕 To pout

to mow

85 1.0

To cut grass or crops with a machine like a lawnmower

verb
/moʊ/

: cortar el césped

I have to mow the lawn.
mow the lawn
mow the grass

But you know what, my dad started mowing lawns, started unloading trucks.

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Examples

Well, OK, you got to always do your best to mow the lawn.
Every now and then I got to mow the lawn.

Norbit (2007)
No, it was costing me money to mow my lawn.

Evan Carmichael
You're gonna have to mow the park for me tomorrow.

Jersey Girl (2004)
In a week or two, with the lawn mowed, the house will be up for sale.

Fiction book (1992)
People report having to mow their lawns on Boxing Day, the day after Christmas.

Academic text (2004)
Grandpa used to keep the yard mowed clean in front of the house.

Fiction book (1991)
All the fellas mowing their lawn and just the smell of fresh cut grass.
Gosh, how am I going to mow if I can't get my lawn mower started?
It's time to mow the lawn before the grass gets too long.

Synonyms

to cut the grass

vsto mow

9 1.0

To make the grass in a garden short using a lawnmower

is the single-word form with the same meaning as that phrase

to scythe

vsto mow

1 7.4

To cut grass or crops using a long curved blade

includes cutting done by machines and powered tools rather than only hand blades

Antonyms

to grow

801 1.0

Plant and care for crops or plants for food

Phrasal Verbs

to mow down

Offensive

9 8.8

To kill or hurt many people suddenly, usually with guns

to mow a swath

7.9

To cut a path through tall grass and plants with a scythe or mower

How Much

to clear

∞ 1.5

to mow

85 1.0

to trim

95 2.6

snip

1 4.1

Surface Forms

mow infinitive

mowed past

mowed past participle

mowing present participle

mows third person singular

Etymology

Mow comes from an old English word meaning 'to cut down', and you can see the same root in mower, the machine that cuts grass. So to mow is to cut grass or crops to make hay or keep a lawn tidy.