mowed

Sheared the grass

Mowed is the past tense of mow, meaning to cut grass or grain with a blade or machine: I mowed the lawn this morning.

To mow down is to kill or destroy in large numbers, as if cutting through a field: The gunman mowed down the crowd.

The past participle can be mowed or mown.

harvest

combine

Merge, or harvesting machine

  • reaperOne who gathers crops
  • sickleCurved hand-held harvesting blade
  • scytheManual crop-cutting implement

grain · wheat · barley · hay · field · swath · windrow · farmland · agriculture · husbandry

lawn

grass

Narrow-leaved ground cover

stripes · landscaping · groundskeeping · greenery · manicured · sod · sprinkler · freshness · dew · edging

destruction

gunfire

Discharge of weapons

carnage · casualties · onslaught · rampage · devastation · annihilation · combat · warfare · machine gun · crossfire

Categories
Opposites
lawn/vegetation maintenance state

mowedunmowed

Not yet cut

overgrown · uncut · untrimmed · wild · unkempt

growth action

mowedgrown

Reached full size

cultivated · seeded · planted · fertilized · watered

Phrases
Family

mow, mower, mowing, lawnmower, mows, mown

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G