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  2. Lawn - Wikipedia

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    In the sixteen hundreds, "lawn" came to mean a grassy stretch of untilled land, and by mid-century, there were publications on seeding and transplanting sod. In the seventeen hundreds, "lawn" came to mean specifically a mown stretch of meadow. [10] Gardens of the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by André Le Nôtre at Maincy

  3. Mower - Wikipedia

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    A mower is a person or machine that cuts (mows) grass or other plants that grow on the ground. Usually mowing is distinguished from reaping, which uses similar implements, but is the traditional term for harvesting grain crops, e.g. with reapers and combines.

  4. Windrow - Wikipedia

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    A windrow is a row of cut (mown) hay or small grain crop. [1] It is allowed to dry before being baled, combined, or rolled. For hay, the windrow is often formed by a hay rake, which rakes hay that has been cut by a mowing machine or by scythe into a row, or it may naturally form as the hay is mown.

  5. When Nature Gets Weird: 50 Odd Facts That May Leave You ... - AOL

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    Well, the smell emitted by freshly mown grass is known as green leaf volatiles (GLVs). All plants produce GLVs. ... Different seasons can mean different climatic conditions and opportunities for ...

  6. Lawn mower - Wikipedia

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    The lawn mower was invented in 1830 by Edwin Beard Budding of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. [1] Budding's mower was designed primarily to cut the grass on sports grounds and extensive gardens, as a superior alternative to the scythe, and was granted a British patent on August 31, 1830.

  7. Passive voice - Wikipedia

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    The English string of words "the lawn is mown" has two possible meanings corresponding to the example "the dog is fed" above. It can be used in the following two different senses: dynamic: The lawn is mown (once a week). stative: The lawn is mown (so they're probably not gone.) German uses two different grammatical constructions for these ...

  8. Mowing the grass - Wikipedia

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    Mowing the grass (Hebrew: כיסוח דשא) is a metaphor used to describe a strategy used by Israel against Palestinian militants [1] in the Gaza Strip. [1] [2]The term was coined by Efraim Inbar and Eitan Shamir. [3]

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