to low
6
8.2
- verb
- /loʊ/
:
mugir
- In the distance, a cow lowed, and she opened her eyes.
- cows lowing
- cattle lowing
- calves lowing
It's supposed to have all kinds of things, you know, bellowing and mooing and lowing and crashing about.
- It's supposed to have all kinds of things, you know, bellowing and mooing and lowing and crashing about.
Examples
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The remaining cattle lowed continually in complaint.
Fiction book (1997) -
The lowing herd is still with us.
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When she was done, she rested on her heels, listening to lowing cattle.
Fiction book (1996) -
Distant sounds wove into the air again: children shouting, cows lowing as they came in from the back pastures.
Fiction book (1993) -
The cows had begun lowing, and the calf, sensing fear from them, began bawling.
Fiction book (1990) -
Opal had come to a standstill in the back of the pasture and was lowing piteously.
Fiction book (1994) -
As the sun set, the cows began to low softly in the fading light.
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In the quiet of the farm, a solitary cow lowed as it searched for its calf.
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She watched the herd as the cows lowed in response to the approaching storm.
Synonyms
2
1.0
To make a deep low sound like a cow
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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33
3.4
A loan or card that charges only a small extra amount for borrowing money
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2
4.9
A radio frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz used for communication
2
3.2
A lower setting in a vehicle that gives more power and less speed for starting and climbing
- Offensive
1
7.3
Someone who has little factual knowledge and follows simple slogans rather than facts
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1
4.2
Using a low amount of electricity to reduce the risk of electric shock
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1
6.8
Radio waves below 3 kilohertz that scientists and the military use for long-distance communication and measurement
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1
6.5
A range of very low radio waves used for communication over long distances, for example by submarines
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1
5.1
A small particle in the blood that carries cholesterol and increases heart disease risk when levels are high
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1
6.5
Radioactive material from medical tests and hospital procedures that has low radiation and needs safe handling
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1
5.5
A device that lets slow changes in signals pass and reduces fast changes
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1
7.6
An explosive that burns slowly and does not make a strong shock wave like black powder
A group of about eighty coral islands in French Polynesia that are part of the Tuamotu Islands
A low evergreen bush with glossy leaves and black berries that grows in the southeastern United States
A group of German dialects spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands and Denmark
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Forms of Latin used after the ancient period, especially in the Middle Ages
A low-lying region in western Europe near the North Sea made up of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
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A speech sound made with the tongue low in the mouth, like the 'a' in 'cat'
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A style of sculpture where shapes stand out a little from a flat background with no part fully separate
Exercise with gentle movements like swimming or cycling that does not put much stress on the joints
How Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Low as a verb for a cow's sound is a word that copies the noise the animal makes, like 'moo', and old English had a similar word for that sound. So to 'low' is simply to make the deep, long sound cows make.