Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of low
The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes.
1 more example
a. 1882, anonymous, "Away In a Manger" But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes.
plural lowings
- The sound of something that lows.
Nor is Oſiris seen In Memphian Grove, or Green, Trampling the unſhower'd Graſſe with lowings loud:
1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 112 more examples
And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheepe in mine eares, and the lowing of the oxen which I heare?
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 15:14[…] the herd of four or five hundred cattle trotting homewards with loud lowings and bellowings […]
1918, William Henry Hudson, Far Away and Long Ago
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Czech bučení
- bučenísound
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lowing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lowing
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