Meaning & use

mown

adjective·Everyday

Cut short with a mower, especially referring to grass or a lawn.

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The scent of freshly mown grass drifted through the open window.

Rows of neatly mown hay lay drying in the summer sun.

A note on using this word

Mown is the older, still-common past participle of mow, alongside the regular form mowed.

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Words with an opposite meaning

unmown

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