dow
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English douen, from Old English dugan, from Proto-West Germanic *dugan, from Proto-Germanic *duganą.
Verb edit
dow (third-person singular simple present dows, present participle dowing, simple past and past participle dowed or dought)
- (obsolete) To be worth.
- (obsolete) To be of use, have value.
- (obsolete) To have the strength for, to be able to.
- (obsolete) To thrive, prosper.
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English dowen, from Old French douer, from Latin dōtō.
Verb edit
dow (third-person singular simple present dows, present participle dowing, simple past and past participle dowed)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
dow (plural dows)
- Alternative form of dhow (“sailing vessel”)
Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
dow (plural dows)
- Obsolete form of dove (“pigeon”).
- c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 71–74:
- The fauconer then was prest,
Came runnynge with a dow,
And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’
But she [his hawk] wold not bow.
Etymology 5 edit
Noun edit
dow (plural dows)
- Alternative form of dah (“Burmese knife”)
Anagrams edit
German Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German and Old Saxon dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub.
Cognate with English deaf. The second meaning stems from the old misconception that dumb or deaf people were mentally disabled. German doof is taken from this word.
Adjective edit
dow
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish dam (“ox, stag”).
Noun edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
dow
- Alternative form of dogh
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
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dow