Definitions for mowings

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mowings mow·ing

Spelling: [moh-ing]

IPA: /ˈmoʊ ɪŋ/

Mowings is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in mowings (gimnosw).

Definitions for mowings

noun

1. the act of leveling or cutting down grass, grain, etc., with a mowing machine or scythe.
2. the quantity of grass, grain, etc., cut in a specified period.
3. the place in a barn where hay, sheaves of grain, etc., are stored.
4. a heap or pile of hay or of sheaves of grain in a barn.
5. a wry or derisive grimace.

Verb phrases

1. mow down, to destroy or kill indiscriminately or in great numbers, as troops in battle. to defeat, overwhelm, or overcome: to knock down.

verb (used with object)

1. to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
2. to cut grass, grain, etc., from:
3. Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. to store (hay) in a barn.

verb (used without object)

1. to cut down grass, grain, etc.
2. to make mows, mouths, or grimaces.

noun, verb (used without object)

1. mow3 .

Origin of mowings

late Middle English word dating back to 1375-1425; See origin at mow¹, -ing¹

Examples for mowings

Hamilton was mowing down the opposing batters with ease and grace.

I am going to the meadows, to see them mowing, I am going to see them make the hay.

He opens his last essay, “mowing,” with: “Sometimes everything seems simple.”

Political ads showing Harry Reid on rider mower, mowing the Mall?

He'll sell you a mowing machine and the grass seed to grow the hay to cut with it.

She often worked multiple jobs at a time, including tutoring, carpentry, mowing highways, waiting tables, and clerking.

The men were mowing this grass when Mr. George and Rollo were there.

The other men were as busy as ever mowing more hay and hauling in that which was cured.

History is likely to dispense with the euphemism of "mowing the lawn" and call this what it is: perpetual war.

After a while Peer went down and drove the mowing machine himself.