Thesaurus results for MOWED

mowed

verb

past tense of mow

as in trimmed

to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of you really should mow the lawn before it gets much higher

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as in demolished

to bring down by cutting an afternoon spent mowing hay

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Recent Examples of mowed Those torn ends dry out faster, which is one reason a lawn mowed with a dull blade can start looking brown soon after mowing. — Tricia Goss, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2026 Soil fertility is mostly beside the point, and even an inconvenience, since lawns have to be mowed, leaves blown into piles, and pollen hosed off windshields in the spring. — James Whorton Jr, Longreads, 13 Oct. 2026 The more-natural-than-mowed landscape is just one of 53 sites in northern Illinois where ComEd has adopted land management practices designed to help the monarchs. — Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 The morbid fun of the film is seeing just how easily Borisov gets mowed over. — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026 Officials said ticks continued to be found even after grass fields were mowed and treated. — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 The Twins participated in one earlier this season when Cleveland’s Gavin Williams mowed them down on July 23. — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Residents mowed their lawns even as streets filled up with water. — ABC News, 23 July 2026 However, the stripes are actually caused by the light reflecting off the blades, depending on what direction they are mowed in, says Handley. — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mowed

Verb

The Lakers led Toronto 102-76 with 90 seconds left in the third quarter, but the Raptors trimmed the deficit to single digits before Doncic and Reaves led a quick 9-1 rally.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Add more oil if pot looks dry; arrange 2 large oranges and/or lemons, halved, and 2 heads of garlic, tops trimmed to expose cloves, cut side down in pot and add 3 large shallots, peeled.

— Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of trimmed

Verb

The apartment building where the children were killed was later demolished and the land was turned into a park and a community garden.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
In March, the DOB issued a stop work order after inspectors found the developers had demolished the existing building on the site without providing adequate shielding to neighboring properties, including 1321 Flatbush Avenue.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of demolished

Verb

Early in the second quarter, Chisholm Trail found the end zone on a 55-yard touchdown pass, cutting the margin to 21-14 heading into halftime.

— Ryan Hunt, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2026
Within moments of picking up the phone and without even any real prompting, Kylee Russell was cutting right to the chase.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 14 Nov. 2026

Definition of cut

Verb

In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of felled

Verb

The ongoing saga has also shaved hundreds of billions of dollars off of what was once the world’s most valuable companies — one crucial to the US remaining at the forefront of AI development around the world.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Those with a SacRT ticket or digital pass can get $2 shaved off their rink ticket fee.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of shaved

Verb

Using the textured side of a meat mallet, gently pound the meat until it’s slightly flattened, creating indentations all over the surface.

— Natalia Vela, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2026
In either case, had the truck not responded at all, the car would have been flattened and its occupants would not likely have survived at those speeds.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026