Meaning

3 senses

  1. To furnish with a dower; to endow.

  2. (Northern England, dialectal, obsolete)To be worth.

  3. (Northern England, dialectal, obsolete)To thrive, prosper.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The Dow Jones average posted a gain of two points today.

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  2. The Dow plunged 35 points and then bottomed out.

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  3. "The Dow is up." "I don't care about stonks."

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Origin

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

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

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

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Forms

dows, dowing, dowed, dowed
Base formdow · to dow
3rd person singulardows
Present participledowing
Past simpledowed / dought
Past participledowed / dought

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydow
he, she, itdows

Past simpleLesson

all personsdowed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dowed
he, she, ithas dowed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dow

Word family

3 related words
Deriveddowlessdowsomedowable

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dousedoveB2dovetaildownA1
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