Electrical or piston engine-powered push-mowers are used for larger residential lawns (although there is some overlap).

The smallest types, non-powered push mowers, are suitable for small residential lawns and gardens.

There are several types of mowers, each suited to a particular scale and purpose. Lawn mowers employing a single blade that rotates about a single vertical axis are known as rotary mowers, while those employing a cutting bar and multiple blade assembly that rotates about a single horizontal axis are known as cylinder or reel mowers (although in some versions, the cutting bar is the only blade, and the rotating assembly consists of flat metal pieces which force the blades of grass against the sharp cutting bar). Two main styles of blades are used in lawn mowers. A robotic lawn mower ('lawn-mowing bot', 'mowbot', etc.) is designed to operate either entirely on its own or less commonly by an operator by remote control.

Larger lawn mowers are usually either self-propelled 'walk-behind' types or more often, are 'ride-on' mowers, equipped so the operator can ride on the mower and control it. Smaller mowers often lack any form of propulsion, requiring human power to move over a surface 'walk-behind' mowers are self-propelled, requiring a human only to walk behind and guide them. The most common self-contained power source for lawn mowers is a small (typically one cylinder) internal combustion engine. The blades may be powered by manual force, with wheels mechanically connected to the cutting blades so that when the mower is pushed forward, the blades spin or the machine may have a battery-powered or plug-in electric motor. The height of the cut grass may be fixed by the design of the mower, but generally is adjustable by the operator, typically by a single master lever, or by a lever or nut and bolt on each of the machine's wheels. A lawn mower (also known as mower, grass cutter or lawnmower) is a machine utilizing one or more revolving blades to cut a grass surface to an even height.

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