Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lowing

/ˈləʊɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: low-ing
IPA: /ˈləʊɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of low

noun

The sound of something that lows.

Example Sentences

"The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes."
"a. 1882, anonymous, "Away In a Manger" But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes."
"And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheepe in mine eares, and the lowing of the oxen which I heare?"
"Nor is Oſiris seen In Memphian Grove, or Green, Trampling the unſhower'd Graſſe with lowings loud:"
"[…] the herd of four or five hundred cattle trotting homewards with loud lowings and bellowings […]"

Inflected Forms

lowings (plural)

Rhymes With

going growing showing knowing throwing blowing flowing boeing glowing owing slowing undergoing

Questions

How do you pronounce lowing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈləʊɪŋ/.
What does lowing mean?: present participle and gerund of low

How to pronounce lowing

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