| BAWN | • bawn n. A cattle-fort; a building used to shelter cattle. • bawn n. A defensive wall built around a tower house. It was once used to protect livestock during an attack. • bawn v. Pronunciation spelling of born. |
| DAWN | • dawn v. (Intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight. • dawn v. (Intransitive) To start to appear or be realized. • dawn v. (Intransitive) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. |
| DOWN | • down adv. (Comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards. • down adv. (Comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path. • down adv. As a down payment. |
| FAWN | • fawn n. A young deer. • fawn n. A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn. • fawn n. (Obsolete) The young of an animal; a whelp. |
| GOWN | • gown n. A loose, flowing upper garment. • gown n. A woman’s ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown. • gown n. The official robe of certain professionals, clerics, and scholars, such as university students and officers… |
| HEWN | • hewn adj. Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down. • hewn adj. Having been cut or mown down. • hewn v. Past participle of hew. |
| LAWN | • lawn n. (England, historical or regional) An open space between woods. • lawn n. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown. • lawn n. (Biology) An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists. |
| LOWN | • lown n. (Scotland) Calm, tranquillity. • lown n. A shelter; a calm or peaceful place. • lown adj. (Chiefly Scotland) Peaceful, calm. |
| MAWN | • mawn n. (Scotland, dialect) A maund; a basket or hamper. • mawn n. A ghost. • MAWN n. a regional measure of capacity. |
| MOWN | • mown v. Past participle of mow. • MOW v. to cut down a crop. |
| NOWN | • NOWN adj. (obsolete) own. |
| PAWN | • pawn n. (Chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts… • pawn n. (Figurative) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end. • pawn n. (Uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge. |
| POWN | • POWN n. (Scots) a peacock, also POWIN. |
| RAWN | • RAWN n. (Scots) fish-roe, also RAUN. |
| SAWN | • sawn v. Past participle of saw. • sawn v. (Nonstandard, dialectal) past participle of see; seen. • SAW v. to cut with a jagged-edged tool. |
| SEWN | • sewn v. Past participle of sew. • SEW v. to mend or fasten with a needle and thread. |
| SOWN | • sown v. Past participle of sow. • sown n. (Especially historiography) Cultivated land inhabited by sedentary agriculturalists, in contrast to… • sow'n v. (Obsolete) past participle of sow. |
| TOWN | • town n. A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government;… • town n. Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference. • town n. (UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week. |
| YAWN | • yawn v. (Intransitive) To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired… • yawn v. To say while yawning. • yawn v. To present a wide opening; gape. |