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 Soil fertility is mostly beside the point, and even an inconvenience, since lawns have to be mowed, leaves blown into piles, and pollen hosed off windshields in the spring. — James Whorton Jr, Longreads, 13 Oct. 2026 The more-natural-than-mowed landscape is just one of 53 sites in northern Illinois where ComEd has adopted land management practices designed to help the monarchs. — Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 In the fall, time the application so the grass can be mowed a few times before cold winter weather arrives. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2026 The morbid fun of the film is seeing just how easily Borisov gets mowed over. — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026 Officials said ticks continued to be found even after grass fields were mowed and treated. — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mowed
Verb
  • That means treating early-career roles as a development investment with a return that’s measured in years, not as a line item to be trimmed each quarter.
    — Tim Brackney, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Bernstein trimmed its price target on the Club name to $377 from $397 ahead of Wednesday evening's earnings.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
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  • Clare is now living with Wilcox; her home was demolished in the crash.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Santa Maria Addolorata Church in West Town is being demolished to make way for six new homes.
    — Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
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  • The defense once again gave the offense an opportunity, forcing an Argyle punt, and this time, Heritage capitalized with a 2-yard rushing TD from Vargas to cut the lead to 7 points.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Later that month, Achilles, a university lecturer, cut a campaign ad in the spirit of a tongue-in-cheek corporate training video on how to avoid starting a foreign war.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026
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  • In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
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  • Miley Cyrus shaved the head of a fan who’s being treated for breast cancer.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Especially right now, since Amazon just shaved 25% off for the Prime Day afterparty.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
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  • Instead, the adoption curve has been flattened thanks to products like Muse from Meta and OpenAI’s Dots.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Here, his clumsy, winky, affected, and self-undercutting direction can’t even work the charming Jenna Ortega to a great performance, as her Klara is flattened into a bundle of manic pixie mannerisms both physical and verbal.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026

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“Mowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mowed. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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