Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Cut down with a hand tool or machine: Describes grass, hay, or other vegetation that has been cut down, typically using a scythe, mower, or similar implement.

Usage

• The adjective "mown" is used to describe the state of vegetation after it has been cut. It is the past participle form of the verb "mow" and functions as a descriptive word. It is often used with "newly" or "freshly" to emphasize recent action.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The smell of mown grass filled the summer air.
  • We played cricket on the mown field.
  • He loaded the mown hay into the barn.

Advanced Usage

• "Newly mown" / "Freshly mown": Emphasizes that the cutting action was very recent.
  • The scent of freshly mown hay is a classic summer fragrance.
• "Mown down": This is a phrasal verb form ("mow down") meaning to kill or cut down indiscriminately or in great numbers. Its past participle is "mown down."
  • The soldiers were mown down by machine-gun fire. (Note: This uses the phrasal verb "mow down," not the standalone adjective "mown").

Variants and Related Words

• Mow (verb): To cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or machine.
  • I need to mow the lawn this weekend.
• Mower (noun): A machine for cutting grass.
  • He pushed the lawn mower across the yard.
• Unmown (adjective): Not cut; left in a natural state.
  • They left a section of the meadow unmown for wildflowers.

Synonyms

• Cut: The most general synonym for having been severed or trimmed.
• Trimmed: Neatly cut, often implying care and precision.
• Scythed: Specifically cut with a scythe.

Antonyms

• Uncut: Not cut or mown.
• Overgrown: Covered with unchecked growth, typically due to not being cut.

Adjective

1. (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
   • the smell of newly mown hay