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.
4
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
From its improbably precise launch, made within a tiny, two-second "win dow" of time, to its all-but-perfect splashdown 21 miles from the recovery carrier Guam, Gemini 11 proved to be an able instructor indeed.
From Time Magazine Archive
She leaned dow n to speak to him through the window and then opened the door and got in, and the car drove away.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
While Wall Street was broadly negative, the Dow still mustered a gain to push it to a third straight record close.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Dow industrials gained 0.5% to close at a record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The Dow industrials have now climbed for five straight sessions, notching three straight records and a 5.3% gain in their best such run since the volatile days of the April 2025 tariff panic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 263.24 points, or 0.49%, to a record 54349.12.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The stock market had rebounded earlier in the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing an all-time record of 15.34 percent in one day on March 15 to close at 62.10.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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.
Cornwallis fought as lang’s he dought, An’ did the buckskins claw, man; But Clinton’s glaive frae rust to save, He hung it to the wa’, man.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
No dought thoult get a switchin When for mischief thou'rt itchin' Waw- - - -he!
From Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete by Paine, Albert Bigelow
“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
Cornwallis fought as lang's he dought, An' did the Buckskins claw, man; But Clinton's glaive frae rust to save, He hung it to the wa', man.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
A gudely gift ye wad gie me!I neither dought to buy nor sell,At fair or tryst where I may be.
From A Collection of Ballads by Lang, Andrew
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
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
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