noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lawn bowling
lawn chair
lawn mower
lawn party
lawn tennis
mow...lawn
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It’s time to mow the lawn again.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
back
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He finishes at the front and brings the machine round to the back lawn where my sister is having her picnic.
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A red-hot finger of lava was slowly advancing toward the house, lapping the edge of the back lawn .
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Off in the distance on the back lawns fires had been lit which the audience were moshing around.
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Mr Copley, robed in cassock and billowing surplice, was impatiently pacing the back lawn seeming oblivious to their presence.
front
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Julie ambled happily down the long immaculate front lawn , bordered on each side by miniature fruit trees.
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Outside, on the front lawn hoisted atop a wooden flagpole, an eternal blank check waves bravely in the breeze.
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Not much to look at, because the front lawn and the drive to the Manor were a shambles.
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It too had its imposing front lawn and luxurious emptiness.
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The long grass of the front lawns was luminous with golden bars of sunlight.
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They were tearing up the playgrounds and tearing up the front lawns and the porches.
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It's claimed the officers left these tyre marks on the front lawn ... and this typewritten note.
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Nor could he be left alone anymore in the late afternoons when he insisted on watering the front lawn .
green
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Palms loomed over cypresses and poinsettias, and brown men in straw hats trimmed the miles of green lawns .
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Through the hydraulic doors, I could see the lush green lawn that stretched languidly across an immense parking lot.
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Summertime Peter glided easily to a gentle landing on the lush green lawn outside the ranch house.
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He wanted to find himself standing, without having moved, in the fresh air on the green lawn outside.
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And the northernmost town has several sprawling communities dotted with golf courses and street after street of lush, green lawns .
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Of the species whose vegetative propagation is rapid, the small plants forming a green lawn over the bottom prove most useful.
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Families, houses, and green lawns that had to be mowed in summer and raked in the fall.
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This delightful eating and drinking establishment serves wonderful meals outside on a back deck surrounded lush green lawns and towering trees.
large
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With him were his brother Mohibullah, Mehboob and their various children, all playing on the large lawn .
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Ivy draped the whole frontage of the building and mingled with the moss of the large dilapidated lawn .
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A special attraction is the swimming pool, with sliding windows opening on to a large lawn .
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Facing a large lawn was yet another open-air theatre where acrobats performed.
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The hotel features a pleasant swimming pool with sun terrace, lounge chairs and large lawns for sunbathing.
manicured
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A gravel drive swept between manicured lawns to the portico of the imposing Edwardian house.
white
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Trestle tables had been arranged in a square and covered with white lawn sheets.
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The power was on self-congratulatory display Wednesday night on the White House south lawn .
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The president had begun his day by planting a 6-foot-tall dogwood on the White House lawn in honor of Brown.
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It would have a better chance of finding revenue by digging for pirate treasure on the White House lawn .
wide
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It sits amid wide lawns and giant cedar trees high above the eastern banks of the wide and winding River Dart.
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We passed one mansion with its own swimming pool and wide lawns , which cost £30,000 to build in 1965.
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She sat on the chair by the window and gazed out at the wide lawns edged by chestnut trees.
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The adventurer looked about him, and saw a wide beautiful lawn on which many people stood around the Emperor.
■ NOUN
chair
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All performances are free, with attendees encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets.
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Rob said, rocking back in his philosophic lawn chair .
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In the patio, all four of us are draped over lawn chairs reading.
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Food and beverages will be available, and lawn chairs or a blanket are recommended for comfortable viewing.
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Clean up the lawn chairs and set aside the evenings of April 3 and Sept. 26.
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I peek inside the shed and there, stacked like lawn chairs , are three more caribou stiffs.
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Bring a lawn chair or beach chair for comfortable seating, and leave the alcoholic beverages at home.
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Seating is free for those wishing to bring their own blankets or lawn chairs .
furniture
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For a minute he watched her at work out back, sweeping twigs from the iron lawn furniture .
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They all chose the heavy wrought-iron lawn furniture painted blinding white.
house
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The president had begun his day by planting a 6-foot-tall dogwood on the White House lawn in honor of Brown.
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It would have a better chance of finding revenue by digging for pirate treasure on the White House lawn .
mower
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I even bought a lawn mower .
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At 95 decibels, about the sound level of a lawn mower , workers are allowed four hours' exposure.
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A lawn mower droned a few houses down.
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I found it thus: I had never ridden a lawn mower before.
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Ground-nesting birds are sometimes run over by lawn mowers .
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His dad can stand her for about five minutes, then he goes out and starts up the lawn mower .
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Less money to spend means that fewer people will buy lawn mowers or take the family out to eat.
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It is not about outdoor barbecues and lawn mowers .
sprinkler
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The lawn sprinklers had been switched on and from time to time the breeze blew a gust of spray in their faces.
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Women came out of their houses to turn on lawn sprinklers , soaking the marchers as they walked by.
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Remembering that what we were experiencing was meant to be enjoyable left our wits spinning like a lawn sprinkler .
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To return to the analogy of the lawn sprinkler and the rainstorm, both can explain how the driveway got wet.
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There was a movie theater playing True Grit and a plywood chapel with lawn sprinklers around it.
tennis
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Without glasses she couldn't even begin to play lawn tennis or aim a rifle.
■ VERB
cut
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If yours is still being mended, borrow your neighbour's mower and cut the lawn .
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She stepped off to the side, then, turning, cut quickly across the lawn .
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It is not difficult to construct your own labyrinth, either in stones or cut into your lawn .
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A silvery thread of water cut through the forest lawn , a gambolling secret between high narrow banks.
lay
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The land has also been laid to lawn .
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Their shade lay across road and lawn .
mow
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If grass could scream, would you still mow the lawn ?
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Twelve-year-old Jeff has decided to earn some money by mowing neighbors' lawns .
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Amanda beamed - now George had no excuse for not mowing the lawn .
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Are they coming to mow the lawn or to liberate the hostages with rakes, clippers and blowers?
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Four people were killed when mowing their lawn with an electric mower.
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He had jobs on the Cape, mowing lawns , doing gardening work, staying with friends of ours.
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Though he had always hated mowing the lawns he liked the garden, too.
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It stated that the good brothers would go so far as to mow his lawn should he stay.
mowed
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I remember ow indefatigably he mowed the lawn , even on a hot summer's day.
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Every Saturday morning - weather permitting - he mowed the lawn .
set
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It was a small community, very snooty, of large detached houses set in lawns and trees.
stand
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Lewis stood on the front lawn , looking up at the bedroom windows.
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I stand on a lawn across the street, watching the fuchsia flames licking the sky.
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Jack and I stood on the lawn and watched the grooming of the landscape.
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I stood on the lawn , naked and violent.
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He stood watering a whole lawn , which itself must have ceased to exist in the long interim since yesterday.
walk
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After the service Jed saw Carol walking across the lawn in front of the cathedral.
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Outside, a fair, willowy girl and a heavy-set woman in white were walking across the lawn .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Breaking up the concrete driveway came next to make way for lawns, borders and a pond.
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Gravel is a good substitute for a lawn , especially in a very small garden.
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Now I dropped my jacket on to the lawn and fell atop it.
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Out front, stuck in the lawn by the walk, was a sign announcing that he took passport photos.
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Seating is free for those wishing to bring their own blankets or lawn chairs.
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This behaviour should not be encouraged, because it can cause damage to the lawn or plants.
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Well recommended food. 2.5 acres of terraced lawns with 25 metre heated outdoor pool.
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Women came out of their houses to turn on lawn sprinklers, soaking the marchers as they walked by.