dow
dow Lexical Profile
dow Game Scores & Validity
• noun
(usually capitalized as 'the Dow') The Dow Jones Industrial Average, a prominent stock market index that tracks thirty large, publicly-owned companies trading on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq.
"Investors breathed a sigh of relief as the Dow surged over three hundred points by the close of trading."
An older alternative spelling of dhow, a traditional sailing vessel with one or more masts and lateen sails, used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region.
"The wooden dow glided smoothly along the coast, carrying a cargo of spices and dates."
• verb
Scottish To be able or capable; to have the strength or ability to do something.
"Wait here and rest a while if you dow not walk any farther up the steep hill."
Scottish To thrive, prosper, or be of worth and value (now chiefly archaic or dialectal).
"Without honest labor and careful stewardship, neither the farm nor the household will dow."
• Rhymes for dow
Word Origin & Etymology
The verb senses derive from Old English 'dugan' (to avail, be of value, be strong), cognate with German 'taugen'. The financial noun is a shortened form of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, named after American journalist and co-founder Charles Dow (1851–1902).