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# mown

verb form (past participle of mow: mow, mows, mowed, mowing, mown/mowed); adjective (mown)

«mown» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Cut short with a mower or a scythe, used about grass and hay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mown/#m1)
2. (adjective) Freshly cut, as in "newly mown lawn". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mown/#m2)
3. (with "down", literary) Killed in large numbers, as in "mown down". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mown/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in everyday life and stories about gardens, parks, sports fields and farms; "the smell of freshly mown grass" is a classic summer image. In history and war stories "mown down" means many people were shot or knocked down.

### Examples

- The grass has been mown, so we can play football. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mown/#x1)
- I love the smell of freshly mown grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mown/#x2)
- The cricket pitch was neatly mown in stripes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mown/#x3)
- The farmer had mown the hay and left it to dry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mown/#x4)
- Dad has mown the lawn every Saturday this summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mown/#x5)
- The newly mown field was full of birds looking for insects. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mown/#x6)
- In the battle, soldiers were mown down by machine guns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mown/#x7)
- Just make me ten scythes, one for every man, for I want the grass mown in one of my meadows to-morrow.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mown/#x8)

### Note

Past tense is "mowed" (He mowed the lawn). Past participle can be "mown" or "mowed" (has mown / has mowed). Homophone trap: "moan" (to complain) sounds the same as "mown".

## In Jewish tradition

It means cut, as grass is cut for hay. The Psalm compares a good king's rule to rain on mown grass.

**Interpretation.** The psalm is read as a prayer for a just king. Tradition links the ideal king to Solomon and to the Messiah.

### Examples

- May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth. (Writings PSA.72.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mown/#x1)
- When the hay is mown, and the tender grass showeth itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in; (Writings PRO.27.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mown/#x2)

### Note

Past tense is "mowed" (He mowed the lawn). Past participle can be "mown" or "mowed" (has mown / has mowed). Homophone trap: "moan" (to complain) sounds the same as "mown".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mown» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mown/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mown» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mown.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «mown» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mown/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mown» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/mown.html) on Mova free.