Definition of Lowing

1. n. The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals.

Definition of Lowing

1. Verb. (present participle of low) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lowing

1. the sound characteristic of cattle [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lowing

lowermost
lowers
lowery
lowes
lowess
lowest
lowest achievable emissions rate
lowest common denominator
lowest common denominators
lowest common multiple
lowest common multiples
lowest lumbar arteries
lowest splanchnic nerve
lowest thyroid artery
lowgrade
lowing (current term)
lowings
lowish
lowk
lowks
lowland
lowland burrowing treefrog
lowland fir
lowland white fir
lowlander
lowlanders
lowlands
lowlier
lowliest
lowlife

Literary usage of Lowing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... who discovered his place of hiding by the lowing of the oxen within, ... the lowing of the remainder of the flock as they were passing the entrance of ..."

2. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament: Including the Biblical by Wilhelm Gesenius, Edward Robinson (1844)
"Ko, Ktth, EngL coir, ao called from their lowing. See Grimm'* Deutsche Gramm. ... Henee TO3 (lowing) Goah, Goath, pr. n. of a place near Jerusalem, Jer. ..."

3. The Lancet (1842)
"system, ander the heads of active and passive, as in the fol lowing arrangement s :— Active. 1. To stimulate the stomach and excite it to activity by ..."

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