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verb (used without object) lowed, low·ing. British Dialect.

low³.

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verb (used without object)

to utter the deep, low sound characteristic of cattle; moo.

verb (used with object)

to utter by or as by lowing.

noun

the act or the sound of lowing: the low of a distant herd.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English lowen, Old English hlōwan; cognate with Dutch loeien, Old High German hluoen, Old Saxon hlōian; akin to Old Norse Hlōi proper name (literally, bellower, shouter), Latin clāmāre to call out

verb (used without object) British Dialect.

to burn; blaze.

(of a person) to feel strong emotions; glow with excitement.

Also, lowe.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Old Norse loga to flame, log a flame, akin to German lohen (v.), Lohe (noun), Latin lūcēre (v.), lūx (noun) light¹

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low

O.E. hlowan "make a noise like a cow," from P.Gmc. *khlo- (cf. M.Du. loeyen, O.H.G. hluojen), from onomatopoeic PIE base *kla- (see claim).

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