{
  "mow":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": grimace":[],
      ": the part of a barn where hay or straw is stored":[],
      ": to cause to fall : knock down":[],
      ": to cut down standing herbage (such as grass)":[],
      ": to cut down with a scythe or sickle or machine":[],
      ": to cut the standing herbage (such as grass) of":[
        "mow the lawn"
      ],
      ": to kill or destroy in great numbers or mercilessly":[
        "machine guns mowed down the enemy"
      ],
      ": to make grimaces":[],
      ": to overcome swiftly and decisively : rout":[
        "mowed down the opposing team"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English mowe , from Anglo-French mouwe , of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch mouwe protruding lip":"Noun",
      "Middle English mowen, going back to Old English m\u0101wan (past participle m\u0101wen ), going back to West Germanic *m\u0113an- (whence, with a differing hiatus consonant, Old Frisian mi\u0101, mi\u0101n \"to mow,\" Middle Dutch maeyen, Old High German *m\u0101en ), going back to an Indo-European verbal base *h 2 meh 1 - \"reap, mow,\" whence also Greek am\u00e1\u014d, am\u00e2n \"to reap, cut\" (perhaps from *h 2 mh 1 -eh 2 - )":"Verb",
      "Middle English, heap, stack, from Old English m\u016bga ; akin to Old Norse m\u016bgi heap":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8mau\u0307",
      "\u02c8m\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020409",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "mow (down)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to kill or knock down (a person or many people) in a sudden and violent way":[
        "The soldiers were mowed down by machine guns.",
        "The car mowed down four pedestrians."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172906",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  }
}