Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lowen

/lˈoʊən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables: lowen
IPA: /lˈoʊən/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make or become low.

Example Sentences

"[…] and a wide ware or float can be put down in lieu thereof, of the same height as the said water gates or floats when lowened, and of the exact width and other dimensions as the present float at Wangford mill, and in the same manner as the float at Wangford mill; […]"
"Must I be lowened from the clouds dazzling Olympus' heights unto the apex point Which man nor scales, Joveward, save when we fill His soul on wing with swiftly-thinning air, Wherein gross mortal parts retard the rise?"
"And in the morning it will be foul weather to-day; for the sky is red and lowening."

Etymology

From low + -en.

Inflected Forms

lowens (present, singular) lowening (participle, present) lowened (participle, past) lowened (past)

Rhymes With

owen cohen goin' bowen rowan rohan samoan minoan protozoan rowen kohen mowen

Questions

How do you pronounce lowen?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈoʊən/.
What does lowen mean?: To make or become low.
Where does lowen come from?: From low + -en.

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