mower
nounUK /ˈməʊ.ə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈmoʊ.ɚ/
Etymology From Middle English mowere, equivalent to mow + -er.
1
A lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass on lawns.
2
A farm machine used in hay production (sickle mower, finger-bar mower).
3
A person who cuts grass.
- They especially liked to be with the mowers in the hay-making season, seating themselves, greatly to their satisfaction, on the long thick branch of a maple-tree, among the dense foliage.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 93:
4
One who mows (makes grimaces).
- moppers and mowers
- Derived terms
- automower, cylinder mower, haymower, lawn-mower, lawn mower, mower-conditioner, mowerless, mulching mower, push mower, reel mower, riding mower, robotic lawn mower, robot mower, vertical mower, water mower