Thesaurus results for MOWING

mowing

verb

present participle of mow

as in cutting

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 cutting (down)

to bring down by cutting an afternoon spent mowing hay

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Recent Examples of mowing Adjusting mowing height, watering deeply but less frequently, and following appropriate fertilization practices may improve its appearance without additional seed. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2026 John Watts, who owns a mowing company, says the rain disrupted his work plans that day. — Veronica Fulton-Mazaika, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2026 Depending on the height before mowing and following the one-third rule below, this is anywhere between 2 and 3 inches. — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2026 Raise your mower deck higher in fall and don’t keep mowing once frost hits. — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 29 Oct. 2026 One skeleton is mowing right over another, while others tend to buckets of slime, climb on the larger figures and play around the yard. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 Instead, lawn-mowing machines shred them, leaving plastic fragments in the soil for a very long time. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026 Our lawn was almost ruined by chinch bugs that were brought onto it on mowing equipment. — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026 Land managers of rights-of-way throughout the area are increasingly implementing monarch-friendly practices such as installing native plants and mowing less frequently. — Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

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Verb

The verdict came just three days after regulators seized Ueno Bank, cutting nearly 3 million customers off from their savings and bank cards and setting off a political crisis.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
The little lumberjack walked to the far end of the forest and started cutting.

— Jeremy Macliver, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of cutting

Verb

Factor in the unmatched joy kids get from putting peppermint bark in a bag and demolishing it with a rolling pin?

— Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 30 Oct. 2026
Following the attack, the Israeli military began forcing Palestinian families to leave their homes in parts of the city as forces began demolishing homes and businesses.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of demolishing

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Informal ones have looser requirements and can be pruned once or twice a year with selective thinning and trimming by hand.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2026
From Christmas cocktails and tree-trimming ideas to gift wrapping, recipes, and musical moments, each segment adds warmth, fun, and fresh inspiration.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of trimming

Verb

In wildfire prone areas, that can mean felling trees and clearing vegetation to create a defense zone around homes and buildings.

— Contessa Brewer,Dawn Giel, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025
While Healey, 54, was bogged down over issues like Canadian energy, trade, tourism and tariffs, as well as meetings with Canadian premiers, Wu, 40, was in Nova Scotia felling a huge Christmas tree.

— Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 24 Nov. 2025

Definition of felling

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Men in some communities stop shaving, while women may remove their jewelry.

— Shushan Karapetian, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
Like almost winning a race, almost shaving a second off my time for the 3200m run, my event in high school, the one that got me into college, a recruit for someone else to gamble on.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026