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• dow
  dow

  verb (used without object)

  to be able.
• Dow
  Dow

  noun

  none the Dow or the Dow Jones a shortened form of Dow Jones average.
• Dow.
  Dow.

  abbreviation

  dowager.

dow

¹ American  

[dou, doh] / daʊ, doʊ /

verb (used without object)

Scot. and North England.

dowed, dought, dowing

1. to be able.

2. to thrive; prosper; do well.

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Dow ² American  

[dou] / daʊ /

noun

1. none the Dow or the Dow Jones a shortened form of Dow Jones average.

   The Dow is up nearly 8,400 points from its record low on February 12.

   The 7 percent drop in the Dow Jones was a harbinger of the precipice on which the economy was then hanging.

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Dow ³ American  

[dou] / daʊ /

noun

1. Charles Henry, 1851–1902, U.S. journalist and publisher: a founder of Dow Jones company.

2. Gerrard Dou, Gerard.

3. Herbert Henry, 1866–1930, U.S. chemist, inventor, and industrialist.

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Dow. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. dowager.

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Dow British  

/ daʊ, dɔu /

noun

1. See Dou

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Etymology

Origin of dow

before 900; Middle English dowen, doghen, Old English dugan to be worthy; cognate with German taugen; cf. doughty

Example Sentences

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dow Dow Dow. dought dowed

Two years ago, the head of the Japanese Olympic Committee Tsunekazu Takeda was also forced to step dow n in a bribery scandal connected to vote-buying involving IOC members.

From Fox News ● Mar. 18, 2021

The heat from the radiator beneath the win- dow made her damp clothes hot and uncomfortable.

From The Verge ● Jun. 17, 2018

The broader market however was weighed dow n by losses in industrial, financial and technology stocks.

From Time ● Oct. 17, 2017

It stood in the bay win dow, between the Nottingham lace curtains, where it could be seen from the street.

From Time Magazine Archive

I put it dow n and put my arms around him, pulling him closer.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

Aiello, who has worked on deals for clients including Dow Chemical and Sanofi, had become a towering figure within Weil as he was given increasing management duties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

HPE’s stock gained 12.4% on Friday, setting an all-time closing high, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

And now, S&P Dow Jones Indices has reclassified Poland as a developed economy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

In equity markets, futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.35%, while S&P 500 futures nudged up 0.2%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

This is profitability even by modern Wall Street standards: if the Dow Jones average had risen a similar amount since World War II, the index would now stand at over twenty thousand.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Spent evening at Mrs. B.'s, talking with Neal Dow. 9th.—Cold and blowy and disagreeable.

From The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by George L. Prentiss

"I dought you vas a shentlemans," said the man, still staring in stolid wonder at Dennis.

From Barriers Burned Away by Edward Payson Roe

"I dought you vas a shentlemans," said the German, staring at him.

From Barriers Burned Away by Edward Payson Roe

“I dought neither speak to prince or peer,Nor ask of grace from fair ladye:”“Now hold thy peace,” the lady said,“For as I say, so must it be.”

From A Collection of Ballads by Andrew Lang

I counsel yow remembre how It is noo maydens lawe, Nothing to dought, but to renne out To wod with an outlawe.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

Or if thy labbedt gleabs thou bayst dot blidd, Thed bay they aid our airbed add our guds; Its bark bay every barkigg bissile fidd, Bay dought be dode abiss, dor dode be duds.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 14, 1917 by Various

Castna out the dowed water till ye get the clean.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

By some poetical caprice, Our atmosphere of mist and cloud, With rare exotic charm's increase This other Petra Camara dowed.

From Enamels and Cameos and other Poems by Agnes Lee

Twin-born, of equal stature, kindred soul Are we; like dowed with strength.

From Lilith The Legend of the First Woman by Ada Langworthy Collier