Mowed vs Towed - What's the difference?
mowed | towed |
(mow)
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.
(tow)
The act of towing and the condition of being towed.
Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
A rope or cable used in towing.
As verbs the difference between mowed and towed
is that mowed is past tense of mow while towed is past tense of tow.mowed
English
Verb
(head)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 .
Etymology 3
(etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 4
See also
*Anagrams
* English terms with multiple etymologiestowed
English
Verb
(head)tow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia tow) (en noun)- It isn't the car's battery, I think I need a tow .