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adj. - (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine.

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Usage examples (33)
  • The smell of newly mown hay
  • Verb (used with object) : to mow the lawn
  • And grass, when mown, is shortly turn'd to hay.
  • "mown" and will be a family pet for years before ending up in the freezer.
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  • Not without many a "moan" (painful sound that is a sign of suffering or complaint) did the boy manage to get the lawn "mown" (past participle of mow, to cut grass).
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