mower
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈmoʊər/
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cortacésped
- I can hear some lawn mowers going on in the background.
- lawn mower
- push mower
- mulching mower
And so some of those guys, you know, if they have newer stuff, it might be finer than the olders, you know, if they're running that push mower.
- And so some of those guys, you know, if they have newer stuff, it might be finer than the olders, you know, if they're running that push mower.
- The mythological no mower sound is my tummy.
- My income minus his lawn mowers I tore up equals net profit.
- No, we've got me wood gasifier mower.
- This is a person who you keep, much like the dress that doesn't fit or the lawn mower that no longer works.
- Your escape and evasion, you're thrown out in the middle of the mowers.
- When it comes to your lawn equipment, whether it's your lawn mower, leaf blower, weed whacker, chainsaw, doesn't matter.
Examples
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We sat down together by the push mower and tore the wrappers off our Bomb Pops.
Fiction book (1991) -
So ideally a gas mower is the way to be.
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-You have to turn the mower off, Dad.
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You wanted the mower then?
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That was just a man on a mower.
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I wish we had a lawn mower.
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I told you not to buy me a Japanese lawn mower, Kane.
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After the door shuts behind him, I grab the handle of the mower and pull it back.
Fiction book (1993) -
I look down at the mower, the infernal machine of noise.
Fiction book (1993) -
The gardener used a mower to keep the lawn neatly trimmed.
Synonyms
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2.1
A machine that cuts grass on a lawn
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3.5
A machine you sit on to cut grass
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3.2
A machine that cuts grass using a small engine
A machine with a small engine that cuts grass
A tool you push to cut grass without a motor
A tool for keeping a lawn tidy, like a mower or rake
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Etymology
Mower comes from the simple verb mow, which means 'to cut grass' — think of someone mowing the lawn. The ending -er means 'one who' or 'a thing that', so a mower is 'one or something that cuts grass'.