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”)
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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]
dow m (genitive singular ?, plural dew)
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
dow
- Alternative form of dogh
Sranan Tongo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
dow
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