fow
UK/ˈfəʊ/US/ˈfoʊ/
fow verb: to clean, cleanse (out), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.
Verb
fow (third-person singular simple present fows, present participle fowing, simple past and past participle fowed)
- To clean, cleanse (out), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.
Noun (1) capitalized: FOW
FOW
- Initialism of fall of wicket.
- Initialism of fog of war.
Noun (2) capitalized: FoW
FoW
- Initialism of fall of wicket.
- Initialism of fog of war.
Forms of fow
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | fows |
| present participle | fowing |
| past participle | fowed |
| past | fowed |
| Noun | |
| alternative form | FoW |
| alternative form | FOW |
Origin of fow
From Old Norse fága.
Words formed from fow
Questions about fow
- What does fow mean?
- Fow means to clean, cleanse (out), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.
- What part of speech is fow?
- Fow can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce fow?
- Fow is pronounced /ˈfəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of fow?
- The past tense of fow is fowed.
Words near fow in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fow (page history and authors); FOW (page history and authors); FoW (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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