mowed

verb

Definition of mowednext
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 Synonyms for mowed
  1. trimmed
  2. demolished
  3. cut
  4. flattened
Verb
  • Maintain Your Yard Keep your grass mowed and shrubs trimmed to reduce tick habitats.
    Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Last month, China’s central bank trimmed its reserve requirement ratio 50 basis points.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of trimmed
Verb
  • Buildings on site tied to the Cadillac dealership have already been demolished as part of the redevelopment plans, including a parts service building and a collision, paint, and repair center.
    Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The distillery operated sporadically before being mothballed in 1998 and demolished in 2013.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of demolished
Verb
  • With the extra attacker out, Fabian Zetterlund scored a power-play goal with 26 seconds left in regulation time to cut the Rangers lead to 3-2, but the Sharks could not find the equalizer.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • European countries, meanwhile, have some of the world’s strictest targets to cut emissions by 2030 — but have also secured new gas supplies following Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
    Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of cut
Verb
  • The radical potential of the scene has mostly evaporated, flattened and flayed into vague signifiers.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024
  • According to agent Steven Gottlieb at Coldwell Banker Warburg in New York, the ubiquitousness of the internet has somewhat flattened the various seasonal patterns that used to be a guide.
    Terri Williams, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of flattened
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