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'low

UK/laʊ/

'low verb: to allow; to acknowledge or admit.

Verb

'low (third-person singular simple present 'lows, present participle 'lowing, simple past and past participle 'lowed)

  1. (UK, US, colloquial, dialectal) To allow; to acknowledge or admit.
    • But louing well, and meaning not amisse, / He lowde him scope, without suspect of ill, / To come and goe, to vse the house as hys, / A perfect showe of very great good wyll.1587 (edition of 1837), George Turberville, Tragical Tales: And Other Poems, page 139
    • […] and so with - drew / That freedome from her lookes (least they should 'low / More then her heart might meane) as they reflect / A narrower and a carefuller aspect.1609 (edition of 1885), Samuel Daniel, The Complete Works in Verse and Prose, page 320

Forms of 'low

third-person singular present'lows
present participle'lowing
past participle'lowed
past'lowed

Origin of 'low

Apheretic form of allow.

Words formed from 'low

Words that rhyme with 'low

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Questions about 'low

What does 'low mean?
'low means to allow; to acknowledge or admit.
What part of speech is 'low?
'low is a verb.
How do you pronounce 'low?
'low is pronounced /laʊ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of 'low?
The past tense of 'low is 'lowed.

Words near 'low in the dictionary

  1. 'lo
  2. 'loc
  3. 'locs
  4. 'long
  5. 'longst
  6. 'low
  7. 'lude
  8. 'ludes
  9. 'm
  10. 'magination
  11. 'maginations

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