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 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 In the fall, time the application so the grass can be mowed a few times before cold winter weather arrives. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 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

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When Cleveland trimmed the lead to 3-1 in the sixth inning, Tampa answered with a two-run homer by Junior Caminero in the seventh.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
Brunet trimmed the Ducks’ lead with his first goal early in the second, connecting on a power play in the 23-year-old defenseman’s sixth NHL game.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of trimmed

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The defense once again gave the offense an opportunity, forcing an Argyle punt, and this time, Heritage capitalized with a 2-yard rushing TD from Vargas to cut the lead to 7 points.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
Later that month, Achilles, a university lecturer, cut a campaign ad in the spirit of a tongue-in-cheek corporate training video on how to avoid starting a foreign war.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of cut

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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
Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026