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Definition of alow in English: alowadverb əˈləʊəˈloʊ dialect, archaic 1Below; downwards. 〈古或方〉在下面;向下 cries came from alow and aloft Example sentencesExamples - Stained and morning-breathèd, we woke in Atocha, to puissant concussions alow the ground.
- He then draws it alow; twofold is the reason why he must draw it alow.
Synonyms melancholy, misery, sadness, unhappiness, sorrow, woe, gloom, gloominess, dejection, downheartedness, despondency, dispiritedness, low spirits, heavy-heartedness, moroseness, discouragement, despair, desolation, dolefulness, moodiness, pessimism, hopelessness - 1.1Nautical On or near the deck of a ship.
〔航海〕〈古〉在甲板上(或附近) Example sentencesExamples - Then, with all her sails, light and heavy, and studding sails on each side, alow and aloft, she is the most glorious moving object in the world.
- Meanwhile, if you don't mind, I'd like to go alow and rest down in your cabin.
OriginLate Middle English: from a-2 'on' + low1. Rhymesaglow, ago, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou Definition of alow in US English: alowadverbəˈlōəˈloʊ dialect, archaic 1Below; downward. 〈古或方〉在下面;向下 cries came from alow and aloft Example sentencesExamples - Stained and morning-breathèd, we woke in Atocha, to puissant concussions alow the ground.
- He then draws it alow; twofold is the reason why he must draw it alow.
Synonyms melancholy, misery, sadness, unhappiness, sorrow, woe, gloom, gloominess, dejection, downheartedness, despondency, dispiritedness, low spirits, heavy-heartedness, moroseness, discouragement, despair, desolation, dolefulness, moodiness, pessimism, hopelessness - 1.1Nautical In or into the lower part of a ship, e.g., down from the rigging, or below deck.
Example sentencesExamples - Then, with all her sails, light and heavy, and studding sails on each side, alow and aloft, she is the most glorious moving object in the world.
- Meanwhile, if you don't mind, I'd like to go alow and rest down in your cabin.
OriginLate Middle English: from a- ‘on’ + low. |