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lowing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈləʊɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. The sound of something that lows.
    • Nor is Oſiris seen In Memphian Grove, or Green, Trampling the unſhower'd Graſſe with lowings loud: 1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 11:
    • […] the herd of four or five hundred cattle trotting homewards with loud lowings and bellowings […] 1918, William Henry Hudson, Far Away and Long Ago:
    • And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheepe in mine eares, and the lowing of the oxen which I heare? 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 15:14:

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cs bučení (sound)

lowing en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈləʊɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of low
    form of low
    • The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes.
    • a. 1882, anonymous, "Away In a Manger" But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes.