dow
verb (used without object)
to be able.
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dow
1 American
[dou, doh]
/ daʊ, doʊ /
verb (used without object)
Scot. and North England.
dowed,
dought,
dowing
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to be able.
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to thrive; prosper; do well.
Dow
2
American
[dou]
/ daʊ /
noun
Dow
3
American
[dou]
/ daʊ /
noun
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Charles Henry, 1851–1902, U.S. journalist and publisher: a founder of Dow Jones company.
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Gerrard Dou, Gerard.
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Herbert Henry, 1866–1930, U.S. chemist, inventor, and industrialist.
Dow.
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American
abbreviation
Dow
British
/ daʊ, dɔu /
noun
Etymology
Origin of dow
before 900; Middle English dowen, doghen, Old English dugan to be worthy; cognate with German taugen; cf. doughty
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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
On the living-room mantel is a female statuette from a drugstore win dow.
From Time Magazine Archive
The two Wives in blue help the third Wife, the Wife of the household, dow n from the Birthing Stool and over to the bed, where they lay her down and tuck her in.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed just 6 points, or less than 0.1%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
If it stays above 5% through Wednesday, it will mark the longest such stretch for the 30-year Treasury since 2007, as this chart from Dow Jones Market Data shows.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
If that holds, it would make for SpaceX’s second-best trading day since its initial public offering last month, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Major U.S. stock indexes edged lower, with the Dow industrials leading losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 449 points, to its lowest level in four years, and most of the market-moving news was coming not from the private sector but from government officials.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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 Prentiss, George L.
I neither dought to buy or sell At fair or tryst where I might be.
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
I neither dought to buy nor sell At fair or tryst, where I may be, I dought neither speak to prince or peer, Nor ask of grace from fair ladye!’”
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
“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 Lang, Andrew
He has tane up a meikle stane, 10 And flang't as far as I cold see; Ein thouch I had been Wallace wicht, I dought na lift it to my knie.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
"I never dought you'd threw it—I mean I never thought you'd do it!" cried Harry, brokenly.
From Frank Merriwell's Races by Standish, Burt L.
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 Lee, Agnes
Castna out the dowed water till ye get the clean.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
Twin-born, of equal stature, kindred soul Are we; like dowed with strength.
From Lilith The Legend of the First Woman by Collier, Ada Langworthy
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