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lowe

  [loh]
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–verb (used without object) lowed, low⋅ing. British Dialect.
low 3 .
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low

2  [loh]
–verb (used without object)
1. to utter the deep, low sound characteristic of cattle; moo.
–verb (used with object)
2. to utter by or as by lowing.
–noun
3. the act or the sound of lowing: the low of a distant herd.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME lowen, OE hlōwan; c. D loeien, OHG hluoen, OS hlōian; akin to ON Hlōi proper name (lit., bellower, shouter), L clāmāre to call out

low

3  [loh]
–verb (used without object) British Dialect.
1. to burn; blaze.
2. (of a person) to feel strong emotions; glow with excitement.
Also, lowe.

Origin:
1300–50; ME < ON loga to flame, log a flame, akin to G lohen (v.), Lohe (n.), L lūcēre (v.), lūx (n.) light 1
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low 2   (lō)   
n.  The characteristic sound uttered by cattle; a moo.
intr.v.   lowed, low·ing, lows
To utter the sound made by cattle; moo.

[From Middle English lowen, to moo, from Old English hlōwan; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

low  (adj.)
M.E. lah (c.1150), from O.N. lagr "low," from P.Gmc. *lægaz (cf. O.Fris. lech, Du. laag, Ger. läge "low"), lit. "that which is lying flat;" related to O.E. licgan (see lie (v.)). Meaning "humble in rank" is from c.1200; "undignified" is from 1559; sense of "dejected, dispirited" is attested from 1737. In reference to sounds, it is attested from 1422. In geographical usage, it refers to the part of a country near the sea-shore (c.1300; cf. Low Countries "Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg," 1548). Low-down "vulgar" is from 1888. Lowbrow "person who is not intellectual" is first attested 1902, said to have been coined by humorist Will Irwin. Low-life (adj.) "disreputable, vulgar" is from 1794; as a noun, "coarse, no-good person" it is recorded from 1911. Lowly "humble" is from c.1374.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: low
Pronunciation: 'lO
Function: adjective
Inflected Form: low·er /'lO(-&)r/; low·est /'lO-&st/
: having a relatively less complex organization : not greatly differentiated or developed phylogenetically —usually used in the comparative degree of less advanced types ofplants and animals lower vertebrates> lower eukaryotes —Malcolm Potts etal>; —compare HIGH 1
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