MOW

[verb] [past simple] mowed, [past participle] mown or mowed - to cut (plants, such as grass or wheat, which have long thin stems and grow close together)You can't mow the grass/lawn if it's wet. [T]We'll start mowing tomorrow. [I]I love the smell of new-mown hay.If people are mown down they are killed or seriously injured in a violent event, often in large numbers.Three people were mown down last night when a drunken driver lost control of his car.The gunman had mown fifteen children down before he was shot by a police markswoman.