From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mown \Mown\, p. p. & a.
Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by mowing;
as, a mown field.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mow \Mow\ (m[=o]), v. t. [imp. {Mowed} (m[=o]d); p. p. {Mowed}
or {Mown} (m[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Mowing}.] [OE. mowen,
mawen, AS. m[=a]wan; akin to D. maaijen, G. m[aum]hen, OHG.
m[=a]jan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. 'ama^n. Cf.
{Math}, {Mead} a meadow, {Meadow}.]
1. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.
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2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.
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3. To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in
mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot
mows down whole ranks of men.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mown
adj 1: (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand
implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay" [syn:
{mown}, {cut}] [ant: {uncut}, {unmown}]
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