Lowe
proper nounverbattested in dialogue
- United States//loʊ//
A surname.
proper noun
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A surname.
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A placename: An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
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A placename: A township in Moultrie County, Illinois, United States.
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A placename: A hamlet in Wem Rural parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5030).
Etymology
* As an English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Low. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Löwe, Loewe. * As a Jewish surname/Yiddish surname, from German Löwe (“lion”). * Also as a Jewish surname, Germanized from Levy. * As a French-derived surname, from Old French lou (“wolf”). * As a Norse-derived surname, from Old Norse lágr (“low”) (as in "short"). * As a native English-derived surname, from Old English hlāw (“hill”) (a burial ground in this case). * Also a petname (clipping) of Laurence/Lawrence.
verb
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slangA slang term for "allow", means allow it. Ex: (leave it, forget or don't worry about it)
Forms
- plural
- Lowes
- past tense
- Lowed
- past participle
- Lowed
- present participle
- Lowing
- third person singular
- Lowes