mown vs moan vs mowed
Definitions
adjective
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
Examples
Ahead of us, and to our left and right, was nothing but a vast, uninterrupted expanse of mown grass stretching into the distance.
When Leila was seven years old, her stepfather ran out of fuel when mowing, leaving a large rectangle of unmown orchard grass.
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two policemen were mown down chasing looters in the riots.
Definitions
noun
- an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
verb
- indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
Examples
A lot of people moaned about the parking problems.
A leisurely breakfast - even the motel manager was moaning about the way the Italians "hogged" the muffins this morning and drank cups of milk instead of putting it on their bran flakes!
It was a simple rectangle of crudely mounded basalt rocks, a distinctive arrangement reminiscent of the way Samoans and other Polynesians marked their dead in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
