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dow¹

  • /daʊ/

Rhymes with -aʊ

Where it comes from

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

verb dows · dowing · dowed · dought

  1. Northern England, dialectal, obsolete To be worth.
  2. Northern England, dialectal, obsolete To thrive, prosper.

dow²

  • /daʊ/

Rhymes with -aʊ

Where it comes from

From Middle English dowen, from Old French douer, from Latin dōtō.

verb dows · dowing · dowed

  1. To furnish with a dower; to endow.

dow³

  • /daʊ/

Rhymes with -aʊ

noun dows

  1. alternative Alternative form of dhow (“sailing vessel”).

dow⁴

  • /daʊ/

Rhymes with -aʊ

noun dows

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of dove (“pigeon”). The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she [his hawk] wold not bow.

dow⁵

  • /daʊ/

Rhymes with -aʊ

noun dows

  1. alternative Alternative form of dah (“Burmese knife”).

dow⁶

  • /daʊ/

Rhymes with -aʊ

noun dows

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable Obsolete form of dough This day my Julia thou must make For Mistresse Bride, the wedding Cake: Knead but the Dow, and it will be To paste of Almonds turn’d by thee: Or kisse it thou, but once, or twice, And for the Bride-Cake ther’l be Spice.

dow⁷

  • /daʊ/

Rhymes with -aʊ

noun dows

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of day of the week

Dow⁸

Where it comes from

Variant of Daw from David or daw, and of Duff from Scottish Gaelic.

proper noun Dows

  1. countable A male given name.
  2. countable A surname transferred from the given name.
  3. countable, uncountable Dow Jones average
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Jersey County, Illinois, United States.
  5. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.

DOW⁹

Where it comes from

Abbreviation.

proper noun DoW · D.O.W. · D. O. W.

  1. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of United States Department of War

    Similar: USDOD, DOD

noun DOWs · DoW · D.O.W. · D. O. W.

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of department of war

    Similar: DOD, MOD, MOW

DoW10

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of DOW

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Closest in meaning: road, dao, diddle, daw, ap, jones, cordis, able, manage, cope, succeed, can, capable, survive, persist, endure

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@misc{dow_2026,
  title = {dow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}