English Explanatory Dictionary

dow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be worth.
  2. To thrive, prosper.
verb
  1. To furnish with a dower; to endow.
noun
  1. Alternative form of dhow (“sailing vessel”).
noun
  1. Obsolete form of dove (“pigeon”).
noun
  1. Alternative form of dah (“Burmese knife”).
noun
  1. Obsolete form of dough
noun
  1. Initialism of day of the week
name
  1. A male given name.
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.
  3. Dow Jones average
  4. An unincorporated community in Jersey County, Illinois, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
name
  1. Initialism of United States Department of War.
noun
  1. Initialism of department of war.
name
  1. Alternative form of DOW.

Pronunciation

/daʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dow.wav

Word forms

dow dows dowing dowed dought D.O.W. D. O. W.

Etymology

From Middle English douen, from Old English dugan, from Proto-West Germanic *dugan, from Proto-Germanic *duganą.

Synonyms

USDOD DOD MOD MOW

Related words

Dow Jones USDOW U.S. DOW

Derived words

dowless dowsome dowable Dow theory
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