Mode or mode means method, or way of acting or carrying out something--
You left this in operating mode overnight, and now it's not working.
His usual mode is to ignore the problem, and hope that it goes away.
Mode or mode may also means style or fashion--
That is very chic, and in the latest mode.
He liked to think he dressed in an aristocratic mode.
Mowed or mowed ( rhymes with mode ) is the past tense ( yesterday, or some time ago ) of "mow", meaning to cut down evenly, as with a scythe or a lawnmower--
I just mowed the lawn, and it already looks overgrown.
He mowed the grass on Saturday.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"The latest mode in lawn care is to have the lawn mowed by a goat or a sheep."
Note--"à la mode" means in the style of, most commonly short for "à la mode française", or as they do it in France--
He would like some pie à la mode.
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