Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mow
nounmowing (countable and uncountable, plural mowings)
plural mowings
- countableuncountableThe activity by which something is mown.
One gallon costs about $220, covers an acre and lasts through about two mowings.
2008 April 20, Jay Romano, “Got a Mess of Geese? Some Solutions”, in New York Times - countableuncountableLand from which grass is cut.
- countablein pluraluncountableThe grass clippings resulting from mowing.
You may advantageously use the mowings of the lawn as linings to the bed each time the lawn is mown.
1876, Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen
Origin
- Middle Englishmowynge
- Englishmowing
From Middle English mowynge; equivalent to mow + -ing.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian коситба
- коситба (kositba)The activity by which something is mown.
Czech sekání
- sekáníThe activity by which something is mown.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mowing
goingshowinggrowingknowingsewingblowingflowingBoeingforegoingrowingowingglowingoverflowingsowingbowinglowingsnowingcrowingaxe throwingtough going
All rhymes →Cite this entry
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“mowing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mowing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mowing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mowing.
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