Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A past participle of mow.
- Same as
moun .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- past participle Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by mowing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Past participle of
mow
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
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Examples
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"mown" and will be a family pet for years before ending up in the freezer.
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I do however, care greatly that innocent members of the public are not mown down by stolen cars/motorbikes or, for that matter police cars.
Inspector Gadget RANTS about ‘car chases’ SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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One would assume this is because the moment ten people get together in a public square to call for Gaddafi's removal in the Libyan capital they will be mown down with machine gun fire as the first syllables escape their lips.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: As the Arab Dominoes Fall, Is Gaddafi Next? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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One would assume this is because the moment ten people get together in a public square to call for Gaddafi's removal in the Libyan capital they will be mown down with machine gun fire as the first syllables escape their lips.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: As the Arab Dominoes Fall, Is Gaddafi Next? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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The smell of mown grass was the sensation Robert Luke remembers triggering his epiphany.
Kate Kelly: Autobiography of Former Alcatraz Inmate Tells Interesting Story Kate Kelly 2011
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It has a vanilla-like odour familiar to many as the smell of newly mown hay.
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The air here smelled like freshly mown hay, a welcome change from the cabin that smelled like cigarette smoke.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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The smell of mown grass was the sensation Robert Luke remembers triggering his epiphany.
Kate Kelly: Autobiography of Former Alcatraz Inmate Tells Interesting Story Kate Kelly 2011
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Ahead of us, and to our left and right, was nothing but a vast, uninterrupted expanse of mown grass stretching into the distance.
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The smell of mown grass was the sensation Robert Luke remembers triggering his epiphany.
Kate Kelly: Autobiography of Former Alcatraz Inmate Tells Interesting Story Kate Kelly 2011
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