Mown

/məʊn/

कटा हुआ (घास/फसल); (रूपक) बड़ी संख्या में ढेर किया हुआ

Origin & History

From Old English māwan (“to mow”); "mown" is the past participle form (alongside "mowed").

पुरानी अंग्रेज़ी māwan (“काटना/घास काटना”) से; "mown" "mow" का past participle रूप है ("mowed" के साथ)।

Definition

Used as the past participle of "mow" to describe grass or crops that have been cut with a mower or scythe; figuratively, it can describe people being killed or defeated in large numbers.

"mow" का past participle; घास/फसल को मशीन या दरांती से काटे जाने की स्थिति बताने के लिए, और रूपक रूप में बहुत बड़ी संख्या में लोगों को मार गिराने/परास्त करने के अर्थ में भी।

Parts of Speech

Verb (past participle):
The grass was freshly mown.
घास अभी-अभी कटी हुई थी।

Usage Examples

The lawn looked neat after it had been mown.
He left the mown hay to dry in the sun.
By noon, several acres had been mown.
In the battle, soldiers were mown down by machine-gun fire.

Synonyms

Cut Cut down Cropped Reaped Shorn Slaughtered (figurative) Gunned down (figurative)

Related Forms

Noun
Verb
Adjective

Idioms & Phrases

Mown down
गोलीबारी/टक्कर आदि से बड़ी संख्या में ढेर कर देना; बुरी तरह कुचल देना
Freshly mown (grass)
अभी-अभी कटी हुई (घास)