n. [ OE. mowe, AS. mūga. ] 1. A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also moe and mowe. ] [ F. moue pouting, a wry face; cf. OD. mouwe the protruded lip. ] A wry face. “Make mows at him.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Mowed p. p. Mowed or Mown p. pr. & vb. n. Mowing. ] [ OE. mowen, mawen, AS. māwan; akin to D. maaijen, G. mähen, OHG. mājan, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make mouths. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nodding, becking, and mowing. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Mew, a gull. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. [ pres. sing. Mow, pl. Mowe, Mowen, Moun. ] [ AS. magan. See May, v. ] May; can. “Thou mow now escapen.” [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To heat and ferment in the mow, as hay when housed too green. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See 1st & 2d Mow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]