low
verb/ləʊ/
/ləʊ/
[intransitive] (literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they low | /ləʊ/ /ləʊ/ |
| he / she / it lows | /ləʊz/ /ləʊz/ |
| past simple lowed | /ləʊd/ /ləʊd/ |
| past participle lowed | /ləʊd/ /ləʊd/ |
| -ing form lowing | /ˈləʊɪŋ/ /ˈləʊɪŋ/ |
- when a cow lows, it makes a deep sound synonym mooWord Originverb Old English hlōwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch loeien, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin clamare ‘to shout’.
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