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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mew \Mew\, noun [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h, Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zo["o]l.) A gull, esp. the common British species ({Larus canus}); called also {sea mew}, {maa}, {mar}, {mow}, and {cobb}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mow \Mow\ (mou), noun [OE. mowe, AS. m[=u]ga.]
1. A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.
2. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mow \Mow\ (mou), verb (used with an object) To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mow \Mow\, noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mow \Mow\, verb (used without an object) To make mouths.
Nodding, becking, and mowing. --Tyndale.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mow \Mow\, noun (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Mew}, a gull.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mow \Mow\, v. [pres. sing. {Mow}, pl. {Mowe}, {Mowen}, {Moun}.] [AS. magan. See {May}, v.] May; can. ''Thou mow now escapen.'' [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mow \Mow\ (m[=o]), verb (used with an object) [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["a]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.
2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mow \Mow\, verb (used without an object) To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mow
noun: a loft for storing hay [syn: {hayloft}]
verb
1: cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass" [syn: {cut down}]
2: make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted" [syn: {pout}, {mop}] [also: {mown}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
126 Moby Thesaurus words for "mow": abbreviate, abridge, abstract, anthill, bank, bob, boil down, bring in, capsulize, clip, cock, compress, condense, contract, crib, crop, crop herbs, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, dab, dig, dock, drag, dress, drift, dub, dune, elevator, elide, embankment, epitomize, equalize, even, face, flatten, foreshorten, frown, garner, gather, gather in, glean, glower, grabble, grade, grain bin, grain elevator, granary, grease, grimace, harrow, harvest, hay, haycock, hayloft, haymow, hayrick, haystack, heap, hill, lay, level, long face, lower, lubricate, make a face, make a mouth, molehill, mop, mop and mow, moue, mound, mouth, mouthing, mug, nip, nut, oil, pare, pick, pile, plane, planish, plaster, pluck, poll, pollard, pout, prune, pull a face, pyramid, reap, reap and carry, recap, recapitulate, reduce, retrench, rick, rictus, ruck, scowl, shave, shear, shock, shorten, silo, smooth, smooth down, smooth out, snarl, snowdrift, snub, stack, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take in, telescope, trim, truncate, wry face, wry mouth
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