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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOW DOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mow down is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mow down in English.

WHAT DOES MOW DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mow down in the English dictionary

The definition of mow down in the dictionary is to kill in large numbers, esp by gunfire.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MOW DOWN

PRESENT

Present
I mow down
you mow down
he/she/it mows down
we mow down
you mow down
they mow down
Present continuous
I am mowing down
you are mowing down
he/she/it is mowing down
we are mowing down
you are mowing down
they are mowing down
Present perfect
I have mowed down
you have mowed down
he/she/it has mowed down
we have mowed down
you have mowed down
they have mowed down
Present perfect continuous
I have been mowing down
you have been mowing down
he/she/it has been mowing down
we have been mowing down
you have been mowing down
they have been mowing down
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I mowed down
you mowed down
he/she/it mowed down
we mowed down
you mowed down
they mowed down
Past continuous
I was mowing down
you were mowing down
he/she/it was mowing down
we were mowing down
you were mowing down
they were mowing down
Past perfect
I had mowed down
you had mowed down
he/she/it had mowed down
we had mowed down
you had mowed down
they had mowed down
Past perfect continuous
I had been mowing down
you had been mowing down
he/she/it had been mowing down
we had been mowing down
you had been mowing down
they had been mowing down
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will mow down
you will mow down
he/she/it will mow down
we will mow down
you will mow down
they will mow down
Future continuous
I will be mowing down
you will be mowing down
he/she/it will be mowing down
we will be mowing down
you will be mowing down
they will be mowing down
Future perfect
I will have mowed down
you will have mowed down
he/she/it will have mowed down
we will have mowed down
you will have mowed down
they will have mowed down
Future perfect continuous
I will have been mowing down
you will have been mowing down
he/she/it will have been mowing down
we will have been mowing down
you will have been mowing down
they will have been mowing down
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would mow down
you would mow down
he/she/it would mow down
we would mow down
you would mow down
they would mow down
Conditional continuous
I would be mowing down
you would be mowing down
he/she/it would be mowing down
we would be mowing down
you would be mowing down
they would be mowing down
Conditional perfect
I would have mow down
you would have mow down
he/she/it would have mow down
we would have mow down
you would have mow down
they would have mow down
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been mowing down
you would have been mowing down
he/she/it would have been mowing down
we would have been mowing down
you would have been mowing down
they would have been mowing down
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you mow down
we let´s mow down
you mow down
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to mow down
Past participle
mowed down
Present Participle
mowing down
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOW DOWN

moving part
moving party
moving pavement
moving picture
moving sidewalk
moving staircase
moving stairway
moving walkway
movingly
Moviola
mow
mowburn
mowburnt
mowdie
mowdiewart
mowdiewort
mower
mowing
Mowlam
mown

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOW DOWN

back down
break down
bring the house down
cut down
down
get down
go down
hands down
hold down
lay down
put down
ride down
sit down
step down
take down
turn down
up and down
upside down
when the chips are down
wind down
write down

Synonyms and antonyms of mow down in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mow down» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOW DOWN

Find out the translation of mow down to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mow down from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mow down» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

修剪下来
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acribillar
570 millions of speakers

English

mow down
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे घास काटना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جز أسفل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

косить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cortarem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাউস ডাউন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faucher
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mow down
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

niedermähen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

なぎ倒す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아래로 깍는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mow down
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cắt giảm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கத்தரிக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली कत्तल करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

biçip öldürmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

falciare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kosić dół
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

косити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cosi jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κόψει κάτω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sny af
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klippa ner
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

meie ned
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mow down

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOW DOWN»

The term «mow down» is regularly used and occupies the 74.057 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOW DOWN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mow down» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mow down» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mow down

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOW DOWN»

Discover the use of mow down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mow down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Weekly World News
MAN HIRES THUG TO MOW DOWN HIS Win OH MOTHER'S DA Y By SUSAN JIMISON Staff writer Bible-toting Kevin Wilson was madly in love with himself, so much so that he hired a hit man to kill his wife on Mother's Day because she didn' t ...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
The care you have To mow down thorns that would annoy our foot, Is worthy praise. Shak. Forth he goes, Like to a harvest man, that's tafk'd to mow Or all, or lose his hire. Shak. —It was the latter growth after the king's mowings. Amos.
‎1816
3
The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
Of ail the seed that in my youth was sowne, »as nought but brakes and brambles to be ""nun. Spenser. The care you have 10 mow down thorns that would annoy our , foot. . Is worthy praise. Sbak. Forth he goes, k« to a harvest man, that's tafk'd  ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge
1. To cut with a scythe. — Of all the feed that in my youth was fowne, Was nought but brakes and brambles to be mown. Spenser. The care you have To mow down thorns that would annoy our foot, Is worthy praise. Sbak. Forth he goes, Like to ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1806
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
The care you have To mow down thorns that would annoy our foot, Is worthy praise. Shak. Forth he goes, Like to a harvest man, that's talk'd to mow Or all, or lose his hire. Sbak. — It was the latter growth after the king's mow-, ings. Amos.
‎1816
6
Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
The care you have To mow down thorns that would annoy our foot, Is worthy praise. Shaksjieare, Hen. VI. Forth he goes, Like to a harvest man, that's task'd to mow Or all, or lose his hire. Shakspearc, Coriol. Whatever The scythe of time mows ...
Samuel Johnson, 1827
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
dimes. Whatever The scythe of time mows down,devour unspat'i Milttt. Beat.roll and mow carpet-walks and camraomile. I Evelja. *. To cut down with speed and violence. He will mow down all before him, and leave his passage poll'd. Shahp.
Henry John Todd, Samuel Johnson, 1805
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The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...
The care you have To mow down thorns that would annoy our foot, Is worthy praise. Shakipeare. Henry VI. What valiant focmen, like to autumn's corn, Have we mowed down. Id. The strawy Greeks, ripe for his edge, Fall down before him like ...
‎1829
9
Dostoevsky: The Miraculous Years, 1865-1871
As Herzen accurately foresaw, the government, aided by the demagogic jeremiads of Katkov, now would "mow down everything right and left, mow down its enemies first of all, mow down the freedom of speech that has not yet fully emerged, ...
Joseph Frank, 1996
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A Dictionnary of the English Language
The care you have To mow down thorns that would annoy our foot. Is worthy praise. Shakspearr's Henry 41. r"orth he goes. Like to a harvest man, that's task'd to mow Or nil, or lose his birc. Shakspearr's Coriolanus. Begin the _ Stands o'er the ...
Samuel Johnson, 1834

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOW DOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mow down is used in the context of the following news items.
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AAP claims Delhi Police bus tried to mow down its leader Dilip …
While the ruling party has accused the police of trying to mow down its leader Dilip Pandey, the Delhi Police has said that party is getting ... «IBNLive, Jul 15»
2
'Ditch weed' found growing along Johnston road
The city's public works department was called in to mow down the plants. “The officer was formerly in narcotics and has an eye and a sensitivity ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 15»
3
Jarrod Saltalamacchia on release from Marlins: 'I didn't get a fair …
After watching Carter Capps mow down two Diamondbacks in Tuesday's eighth inning, Arizona manager Chip Hale aired his complaints about ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
4
'The China Challenge,' by Thomas J. Christensen
... seen many times how China behaves in Tibet and watched its army mow down peaceful demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, I find much of ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
5
AMD annonce le lancement de son nouvel APU A8-7670K
Users can easily multitask modern workloads and stream video in Windows 10 or mow down their enemies in popular eSports online gaming ... «Agence Française pour le Jeu Vidéo, Jul 15»
6
Tested: Scott Genius LT Plus vs. Genius LT
... hold a straight line and let the bike mow down everything in it's path. Plus-size will also likely have less-confident riders having more fun simply because of the ... «Bike Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Buses mow down three
State Road Transport buses turned killers on Sunday in three separate incidents, killing three men, two of whom were pedestrians. An auto ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
8
Delivery driver 'plotted to mow down and stab US soldier'
A delivery driver planned to run over an American serviceman on UK soil and knife him to death, a court heard today. Prosecutors said Junead ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
9
Patrol reports for Naas duty
The Johnny Murtagh-trained filly goes for Listed honours just four days after coming with a strong, late run to mow down Your Pal Tal to land a ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
10
Oliver strong as Otters win 7th straight
Oliver continued to mow down the Beach Bums in the bottom frames including striking out the side in the sixth inning. The Otters buoyed the ... «14 News WFIE Evansville, Jul 15»

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