2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.

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.

Mow, v. i. To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut

grass for hay.

Mow (?), n. [OE. mowe, AS. m&?;ga.] 1. A heap or mass of hay or of

sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.