[
UK
/mˈəʊn/
]
ADJECTIVE
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(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
the smell of newly mown hay
How To Use mown In A Sentence
- Ahead of us, and to our left and right, was nothing but a vast, uninterrupted expanse of mown grass stretching into the distance. Country diary: Wigborough, Somerset
- 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. The Sun
- Having mown the lawn, there are all those grass clippings to get rid of.
- Garden designer Chris Paul drew a design for the mown areas, and suggested the cabbage trees and lancewoods to add height, says Kate.
- Mr Letts tried to block their escape route and was mown down.
- We walked most of the way down through pine woods and meadows of mown hay. Times, Sunday Times
- The unmown grass, the ragged-looking shrubs, that pile of dead limbs and brush behind the poplar: Some would say, as my misinformed neighbors have hinted from time to time, these are symptoms of a good-for-nothing homeowner.
- mown" and will be a family pet for years before ending up in the freezer. Mirabilis.ca
- The nearby graves had been roughly weeded and the grass rather poorly mown, leaving an ankle-deep mulch of cuttings. GRACE