dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/mow_MW.json
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{
"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"
]
}
}