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unmowed

unmowed

1 4.2
Not cut, with long grass or plants growing
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈmoʊd/
: sin cortar
  • The field had an untouched, unmowed appearance that attracted many butterflies and bees.
  • unmowed grass
  • unmowed lawn

Examples

  • I mean, there are trees in like little wooded areas, like unmowed, just areas of people's yard.

  • A rusty iron fence tottered around the unmowed yard.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The unmowed lawn.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • A bat dropped through the air, out over the unmowed grass studded with dandelions, and she envied the gnat or mosquito in its purview.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The children loved playing in the tall, unmowed grass behind their house.

  • We decided to leave the yard unmowed this summer to encourage more wildflowers to bloom.

Synonyms

uncut
vsunmowed
6 3.9

Left in its natural state without being cut or trimmed

is narrower, used mainly for grass and fields rather than all objects
unclipped
vsunmowed
1 4.9

Not cut or trimmed and left as it is

is focused on ground plants left long rather than trimming of hair or edges
unmown
vsunmowed
1 6.1

Grass or a lawn that people have not cut and let grow long

is the same meaning but differs only in spelling or regional form

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

To divide something using a sharp tool, often into pieces

How Cut

trimmed
8 1.0
mown
2 2.3
unmowed
1 4.2
overgrown
41 3.4

Surface Forms

unmowed positive

Morphology

unmowed = mowed (transparent) = un + mow + ed

The meaning is a direct negation of the participial adjective 'mowed' by adding un-.

Etymology

Unmowed comes from the part un- meaning 'not' and the verb mow meaning 'to cut grass', as in mower. So unmowed means 'not cut' and describes grass or fields left long and natural.