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/nooh"mohn", nyooh"-/, adj.recently mown or cut: the refreshing smell of new-mown hay.[1425-75; late ME]
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new-mown — [ nu moun ] adjective new mown grass or HAY has just been cut … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
new-mown — [no͞o′mōn′, nyo͞o′mōn′] adj. freshly mown or cut: said of hay or grass … English World dictionary
new-mown — adjective new mown hay/grass grass that has recently been cut: the sweet smell of new mown grass … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
new-mown — UK [ˌnjuː ˈməʊn] / US [nuˈmoʊn] adjective new mown grass or hay has just been cut … English dictionary
new-mown — adjective newly mown • Similar to: ↑mown, ↑cut … Useful english dictionary
new-mown — adjective That has recently been mown 2006 James T. Thurman Practical Bomb Scene Investigation … Wiktionary
New — (n[=u]), adv. Newly; recently. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Note: New is much used in composition, adverbially, in the sense of newly, recently, to qualify other words, as in new born, new formed, new found, new mown. [1913 Webster] {Of new}, anew.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mown — adjective (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine the smell of newly mown hay • Syn: ↑cut • Ant: ↑unmown • Similar to: ↑new mown • Topics: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
new — newness, n. /nooh, nyooh/, adj., newer, newest, adv., n. adj. 1. of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book. 2. of a kind now existing or appearing for the first time; novel: a new… … Universalium
new — [[t]nu, nyu[/t]] adj. er, est, adv. n. adj. 1) of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book[/ex] 2) of a kind now existing or appearing for the first time; novel: a new concept of the … From formal English to slang
