Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h,
   Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zool.)
   A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus);
   called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
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	Mow \Mow\, n. (Zool.)
   Same as Mew, a gull.
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	Mow \Mow\, v. [pres. sing. Mow, pl. Mowe, Mowen, Moun.]
   [AS. magan. See May, v.]
   May; can. "Thou mow now escapen." [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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         Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. --Chaucer.
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	Mow \Mow\ (m[=o]), v. t. [imp. Mowed (m[=o]d); p. p. Mowed
   or Mown (m[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Mowing.] [OE. mowen,
   mawen, AS. m[=a]wan; akin to D. maaijen, G. m[aum]hen, OHG.
   m[=a]jan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. 'ama^n. Cf.
   Math, Mead a meadow, Meadow.]
   1. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.
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   2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.
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   3. To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in
      mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot
      mows down whole ranks of men.
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	Mow \Mow\, v. i.
   To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut
   grass for hay.
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	Mow \Mow\ (mou), n. [OE. mowe, AS. m[=u]ga.]
   1. A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a
      barn.
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   2. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is
      stowed.
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	Mow \Mow\ (mou), v. t.
   To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a
   barn; to pile and stow away.
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	Mow \Mow\, n. [Written also moe and mowe.] [F. moue pouting,
   a wry face; cf. OD. mouwe the protruded lip.]
   A wry face. "Make mows at him." --Shak.
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	Mow \Mow\, v. i.
   To make mouths.
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         Nodding, becking, and mowing.            --Tyndale.
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	mow
    n 1: a loft in a barn where hay is stored [syn: hayloft,
         haymow, mow]
    v 1: cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass" [syn: mow,
         cut down]
    2: make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and
       mow"; "The girl pouted" [syn: pout, mop, mow]

	

	126 Moby Thesaurus words for "mow":
   abbreviate, abridge, abstract, anthill, bank, bob, boil down,
   bring in, capsulize, clip, cock, compress, condense, contract,
   crib, crop, crop herbs, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down,
   cut off short, cut short, dab, dig, dock, drag, dress, drift, dub,
   dune, elevator, elide, embankment, epitomize, equalize, even, face,
   flatten, foreshorten, frown, garner, gather, gather in, glean,
   glower, grabble, grade, grain bin, grain elevator, granary, grease,
   grimace, harrow, harvest, hay, haycock, hayloft, haymow, hayrick,
   haystack, heap, hill, lay, level, long face, lower, lubricate,
   make a face, make a mouth, molehill, mop, mop and mow, moue, mound,
   mouth, mouthing, mug, nip, nut, oil, pare, pick, pile, plane,
   planish, plaster, pluck, poll, pollard, pout, prune, pull a face,
   pyramid, reap, reap and carry, recap, recapitulate, reduce,
   retrench, rick, rictus, ruck, scowl, shave, shear, shock, shorten,
   silo, smooth, smooth down, smooth out, snarl, snowdrift, snub,
   stack, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take in, telescope,
   trim, truncate, wry face, wry mouth