mowed

past tense of mow
1
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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2
as in demolished
to bring down by cutting an afternoon spent mowing hay

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Recent Examples of mowed 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 Another approach is to surround a tree with a planting of a ground cover that doesn’t need to be mowed or trimmed. Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026 Keep lawns mowed and mulch beds to create a clean, finished look. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 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 These plants will start to look indistinguishable from your regular turf when they are mowed. Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2026 Determine the proper height for your lawn type; grasses are mowed at different heights. Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026 To help prevent borers, keep weedy areas around the garden mowed well. Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mowed
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  • Washington’s offense had started to find a rhythm and had just trimmed the Eagles’ lead to 17-16.
    Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Chicago lost its fourth straight game and had its AL Central lead trimmed to one half game over Cleveland, which beat Minnesota 5-2.
    CBS News, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2026
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  • Some of his pieces on display include 1977 portrait shots of smiling residents in Aliso Village, a large public housing project in the Boyle Heights that was demolished in 1999 because of gang violence and decaying conditions.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Sacks have historically demolished their offense along with Burrow’s long-term health.
    J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
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  • North Carolina Democrats in the state’s House of Representatives cut all ties with one of their candidates running for the state legislature after her past social media posts about violence against Republicans came to light.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Krohn put in new sprinklers and fire-safety systems after his last renters moved out a few years ago, then cut a hole between the second and third floors, allowing more light and air to filter through what is now a unified owner’s duplex.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • The goal came after Furuhashi got loose on a breakaway up the middle of the pitch, only to be felled by New England’s Will Sands in the center of the box, leaving referee Drew Fischer with an easy penalty call.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Mosaic terrazzo floors with a palm motif are nods to both Tiberius’s villas here and the Ethiopian palm that once stood like an icon outside the hotel, which was felled by a storm in the 1960s.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • Even in southern locations, more than 40 minutes is expected to be shaved off daytime, according to AccuWeather.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Her mother also shaved a year off her age, claiming she was born in 1942, to make her early public career seem even more impressive.
    Hillel Italie, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
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  • Three-dimensional pyramids were flattened into square plates; cones became circular discs.
    Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Authorities flattened 21 tankers and trucks seized in two cases involving the theft, transport, and resale of subsidized diesel.
    Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Mowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mowed. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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