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plural of mow
as in frowns
a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval her mow suggested that she wasn't looking forward to a long evening of political speeches

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mows

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mow
1
as in shaves
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 demolishes
to bring down by cutting an afternoon spent mowing hay

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Recent Examples of mows
Verb
With its 5Ah battery, the Goat mows over 5,000 square feet per charge and gets back to work after just 45 minutes of charging. PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Those surrounding the bride stood up and began clapping, their frowns shifting to wide smiles.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • If only humans kept their expressions to cartoonishly clear frowns and smiles.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Parker Lee was a new addition in season 3 as Mac's roomie — and an eventual victim of the campus rapist who attacks female students and shaves their heads.
    Sezin Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Hockey players cut more, so Emmet shaves deeper.
    Blair Braverman, Outside, 22 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The latest filing demolishes the timeworn claim that DOGE was infiltrated into Social Security in order to responsibly ferret out fraud and overspending.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • If the city demolishes the building, the costs will be assessed to the property owner.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One of the series’ most creative elements is the variety of scowls Graham deploys while arguing with Hezekiah, Mary, or his younger brother, Treacle (James Nelson-Joyce), a pragmatic family man who represents everything Sugar’s life could have been if he weren’t filled with so much self-loathing.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Counterintuitively, some analysts think that the investigation now makes near-term interest rate cuts less likely, because Powell and the other members of the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) will be determined to show the markets that they are guided by the data and not legal threats.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Cutting out any that have negative revenue revisions over the past month cuts that in half again to 100 stocks.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Acura gave Teggy trims its top-level nine-inch infotainment screen with very seamless and no-nonsense software, standard wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto, two USB-C outlets and a wireless phone charger.
    Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
  • To keep my beard looking attractive, a hairstylist trims it every two weeks.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The pastoral feel of the music, and Murdoch’s soft, tremulous tenor conjures Nick Drake, but the content of the songs hews closer to the urban fever dreams of Martin Amis, whose 1995 novel The Information traces similar lines of fading-empire disenfranchisement.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026
  • But a blanket warning hews too close to gossip for my taste.
    Eric Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • During the La Jolla events, Fashion Week San Diego brought in models and designers to showcase select looks in an outdoor runway format.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The Patriots will likely come at Stidham with disguised blitzes, nonstop stunts, defensive linemen dropping into passing lanes and an array of looks.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2026

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“Mows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mows. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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