new-mown

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new-mown

The farmer enjoys the smell of new-mown hay.

Definition

Adjective: Newly mown; freshly cut. Describes grass, hay, or other vegetation that has been cut very recently.

Usage

The adjective "new-mown" is used attributively, meaning it typically comes before the noun it modifies. It describes the state of vegetation immediately after it has been cut, often evoking a fresh, pleasant smell.

Examples
  • The scent of new-mown hay filled the summer air.
  • We walked across the new-mown lawn.
  • The field of new-mown grass stretched out before them.
Advanced Usage
  • Descriptive Sensory Detail: Often used in literary or descriptive writing to create a vivid sensory image, particularly related to smell.
Variants and Related Words
  • Newly mown: A phrasal variant with the same meaning. "New-mown" is the hyphenated compound adjective form.
  • Mown: The past participle of "mow," meaning cut down (grass or grain).
  • Fresh-cut: A near-synonym, though it can apply to things other than grass (e.g., flowers, lumber).
Synonyms
  • Freshly cut
  • Fresh-mown
  • Recently cut
Antonyms
  • Overgrown
  • Uncut
  • Unmown
new-mown

The farmer enjoys the smell of new-mown hay.

Adjective
  1. newly mown

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