How to pronounce low

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What low means

verb

Most people know low in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To make the deep, long sound that cattle make

In a sentence: In the misty field, the cows lowed softly as the farmer walked toward the barn.

Where it comes from: It comes from the Old English hlowan, to moo or roar, from a very old root meaning to call out. It is a different word from low, meaning not high.

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