Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mow
Participle: mown (E)
Gerund: mowing
Indicative
Present
| I | mow |
| you | mow |
| he;she;it | mows |
| we | mow |
| you | mow |
| they | mow |
Perfect
| I | have mown (E) |
| you | have mown (E) |
| he;she;it | has mown (E) |
| we | have mown (E) |
| you | have mown (E) |
| they | have mown (E) |
Past
| I | mowed |
| you | mowed |
| he;she;it | mowed |
| we | mowed |
| you | mowed |
| they | mowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had mown (E) |
| you | had mown (E) |
| he;she;it | had mown (E) |
| we | had mown (E) |
| you | had mown (E) |
| they | had mown (E) |
Future
| I | will mow |
| you | will mow |
| he;she;it | will mow |
| we | will mow |
| you | will mow |
| they | will mow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mown (E) |
| you | will have mown (E) |
| he;she;it | will have mown (E) |
| we | will have mown (E) |
| you | will have mown (E) |
| they | will have mown (E) |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mow |
| you | mow |
| he;she;it | mow |
| we | mow |
| you | mow |
| they | mow |
Perfect
| I | have mown (E) |
| you | have mown (E) |
| he;she;it | have mown (E) |
| we | have mown (E) |
| you | have mown (E) |
| they | have mown (E) |
Imperfect
| I | mowed |
| you | mowed |
| he;she;it | mowed |
| we | mowed |
| you | mowed |
| they | mowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had mown (E) |
| you | had mown (E) |
| he;she;it | had mown (E) |
| we | had mown (E) |
| you | had mown (E) |
| they | had mown (E) |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mow |
| you | would mow |
| he;she;it | would mow |
| we | would mow |
| you | would mow |
| they | would mow |
Perfect
| I | would have mown (E) |
| you | would have mown (E) |
| he;she;it | would have mown (E) |
| we | would have mown (E) |
| you | would have mown (E) |
| they | would have mown (E) |
Imperative
| you | mow |
| we | Let's mow |
| you | mow |
Verbs similar to 'mow'
bow,
cow,
dow,
low,
meow,
mew,
mob,
mod,
moe,
mog,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
mawan (class VII strong verb; past tense
meow, pp.
mawen), from P.Gmc.
*mæanan (cf. M.L.G.
maeyen, Du.
maaien, Ger.
mähen "to mow," O.E.
mæd "meadow"), from PIE base
*me- "to mow" (cf. poetic Gk.
amao, L.
metere, It.
mietere, Welsh
medi).
2. From Middle English mowen (participle mowen), from Old English māwan (past tense mēow, past participle māwen), from Proto-West Germanic *māan, from Proto-Germanic *mēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap”).
3. Cognate with Saterland Frisian mjo (“to mow”), Dutch maaien (“to mow”), German mähen (“to mow”), Luxembourgish méien (“to mow”), Danish meje (“to mow”), Swedish meja (“to mow”); see also Hittite [script needed] (ḫamešḫa, “spring/early summer”, literally “mowing time”), Latin metō (“to harvest, mow”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “to mow”). See: Middle English '
mowen', Proto-Germanic '
*mēaną', Dutch '
maaien', German, old spelling '
mähen', Luxembourgish '
méien', Danish '
meje', Swedish '
meja', Latin '
metō'.
Verbs referencing "mow"
German, old spelling
mähen, Latin
meto, Luxembourgish
méien, German, Pennsylvania
maehe, Cimbrian méenan.
Sample Sentences
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[...] without treading on ’ em. I get up in the morning, and find one asleep behind the door, and see one black head poking out from under the table, one lying on the door-mat,—and they are mopping and mowing and grinning between all the railings, and tumbling over the kitchen floor ! What on earth did you want to bring this one for ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)