Mow vs Meow - What's the difference?
mow | meow |
To cut something (especially grass or crops) down or knock down.
*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.212:
*:Those that paint them dyingdelineate the prisoners spitting in their executioners faces, and making mowes at them.
* Shakespeare
To make grimaces, mock.
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
* Tyndale
A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans.
The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
The cry of a cat.
Said in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
Said to denote seductiveness, mimicking a growl.
As verbs the difference between mow and meow
is that mow is to cut something (especially grass or crops) down or knock down while meow is of a cat, to make its cry.As nouns the difference between mow and meow
is that mow is a scornful grimace; a wry face while meow is the cry of a cat.As an initialism MOW
is meals on Wheels.As an interjection meow is
the cry of a cat.mow
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) mowen (participle mowen), from (etyl) )Verb
- He mowed the lawn .
Derived terms
* mow downEtymology 2
(etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Make mows at him.
Verb
(en verb)- For every trifle are they set upon me: / Sometime like apes that mow and chatter at me, / And after bite me;
- Nodding, becking, and mowing .
