name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation for a mower of hay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
mower
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈməʊ.ə(ɹ)/
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US: /ˈmoʊ.ɚ/
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rhymes with -əʊə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: M OW1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass on lawns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A farm machine used in hay production (sickle mower, finger-bar mower).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A person who cuts grass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
One who mows (makes grimaces).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- moppers and mowers
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noun
Meaning 6
garden tool for mowing grass on lawns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lawn mower
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: garden tool, lawn tool
Narrower terms: hand mower, power mower, motor mower
History
Etymology
From Middle English mowere, equivalent to mow + -er.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Estonian: niiduk — farm machine
- Estonian: niidumasin — farm machine
- Finnish: niittokone — farm machine
- German: Mähmaschine — farm machine
- Pannonian Rusyn: косачка (kosačka) — farm machine
- Russian: сенокосилка (senokosilka) — farm machine
- Swedish: slåttermaskin — farm machine
- Ukrainian: косарка (kosarka) — farm machine
- Aramaic: גזא — a person who cuts grass
- Aramaic: ܓܙܐ — a person who cuts grass
- Bulgarian: косач (kosač) — a person who cuts grass
- Finnish: ruohonleikkaaja — a person who cuts grass
- Finnish: niittäjä — a person who cuts grass
- French: faucheuse — a person who cuts grass
- German: Mäher — a person who cuts grass
- Irish: buainteoir — a person who cuts grass
- Irish: spealadóir — a person who cuts grass
- Italian: falciatore — a person who cuts grass
- Japanese: 草刈り (kusakari) — a person who cuts grass
- Latin: messor — a person who cuts grass
- Turkish: tırpancı — a person who cuts grass
- Ottoman Turkish: طرپانجی (tırpancı) — a person who cuts grass
- Walloon: fåtcheu — a person who cuts grass
- Walloon: soyeu — a person who cuts grass