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sullow en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈsʌləʊ/

Etymology

From Middle English sulwen, solwen, solewen, variant of Middle English sulien (“to sully”), or representing an unrecorded Old English *solgian (“to soil, sully”), related to Old High German solagōn (“to soil, sully, make dirty”). More at sully.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To sully.

Forms

Synonyms

defile · dirty · bedirty · inquinate · smear · dirten · slur · gunk up · spot · smutch · bedizen · besmear · assoil · besully · soil · begrime · sling mud · beclart · soss · sully · foul · blacken · file · blot · beray · befile · slotter · scunge · sullow · smirch · imbrue (especially with blood) · bedaub · elt · stain · contaminate · beshit · befoul · tarnish · besmirch · befilth · foil · sowl · smudge · uggle · defile · gunk · befoul · clat · bewray · blur · sowl · smut · darken

sullow en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈsʌləʊ/

Etymology

From Middle English solow, from Old English sulh, from Proto-Germanic *sulhs, from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”) (compare Latin sulcus (“furrow”), Tocharian B sälk (“to pull out”), Ancient Greek ἕλκω (hélkō, “to drag”), ὁλκός (holkós, “draft”), Albanian hulli (“furrow”), heq (“take away, drag”) dialectal helk, Old Armenian հեղգ (hełg, “slow-going, lagging”)).

Meanings

1. (dialectal, rare) A plough.

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