Thesaurus results for MOWED

mowed

verb

past tense of mow

as in trimmed

to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of you really should mow the lawn before it gets much higher

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as in demolished

to bring down by cutting an afternoon spent mowing hay

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Recent Examples of mowed The Twins participated in one earlier this season when Cleveland’s Gavin Williams mowed them down on July 23. — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Another approach is to surround a tree with a planting of a ground cover that doesn’t need to be mowed or trimmed. — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026 Keep lawns mowed and mulch beds to create a clean, finished look. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2026 Residents mowed their lawns even as streets filled up with water. — ABC News, 23 July 2026 However, the stripes are actually caused by the light reflecting off the blades, depending on what direction they are mowed in, says Handley. — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026 These plants will start to look indistinguishable from your regular turf when they are mowed. — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2026 Determine the proper height for your lawn type; grasses are mowed at different heights. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026 To help prevent borers, keep weedy areas around the garden mowed well. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 17 June 2026

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Verb

Moisés Ballesteros singled and Christian Moore sliced a two-run triple to right field that eluded a diving Jones and trimmed the deficit to 4-3.

— Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The gown also featured a lustrous design of curvaceous floral-like overlays trimmed with gold eyelets.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of trimmed

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Now it will be demolished and replaced as part of a $250 million sports complex project.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
After the property crisis cuts off family support, a filmmaker returns from the US to find his home demolished by a bankrupt father who once shaped Shenzhen’s skyline.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of demolished

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Trading firms began using low-latency (shorter delay) technology and co-locating servers inside exchange data centers, cutting trade execution times to milliseconds and making speed itself a competitive advantage.

— Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026
Bass defended her proposal to cut the climate office amid the budget crunch, which the City Council rejected.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of cut

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Rincker, a German immigrant, was known for casting the bell that hung from the first Cook County Courthouse, which was felled by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Frightened that she may be plagued by the same mental illness that felled her mom, Gemma stubbornly refuses to believe anything is wrong.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of felled

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Luckily, Atlanta is home to a wider world of frozen desserts, from Indonesian shaved ice to Mexican popsicles.

— Lia Picard - For the AJC, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026
At 25, England cricketer Chris Lewis experienced an even more direct consequence after team-mate Devon Malcolm shaved his head during England’s 1994 West Indies tour to raise money for Children in Need.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026