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lowed

UK/ləʊd//loʊd/

lowed is the simple past and past participle of low.

Meaning of low

Verb (1)

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To lower; to make low.
    • I shall only say this, that all the other graces must low the sail to faith, and so it is faith must carry us through, being that last triumphing grace, […]1654 (edition of 1762), Andrew Gray, The Works of … Andrew Gray [Edited by R. Trail and J. Stirling], page 112

Verb (2)

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

  1. (intransitive) To moo.
    • The cattle were lowing.

Verb (3)

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

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) To burn; to blaze.
    • Driest wood will eithest low,1724 (edition of 1788), Allan Ramsay, The Tea-Table Miscellany, page 23

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Words that rhyme with lowed

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Questions about lowed

What is lowed the simple past and past participle of?
Lowed is the simple past and past participle of low.
How do you pronounce lowed?
Lowed is pronounced /loʊd/ (US).

Words near lowed in the dictionary

  1. lowdimensional
  2. lowdown
  3. lowdowns
  4. lowe
  5. Lowe syndrome
  6. lowed
  7. loweite
  8. Lowell
  9. Lowellesque
  10. Lowellian
  11. Lowellite

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