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Alow vs Plow - What's the difference?

alow | plow |

As an adverb alow

is .

As a preposition alow

is (scotland) below.

As a noun plow is

(us).

As a verb plow is

(us).

alow

English

Adverb

(-)
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.8:
  • *:Sometimes aloft he layd, sometimes alow , / Now here, now there, and oft him neare he mist […].
  • (nautical) Towards the lower part of a vessel; towards the lower rigging or the decks.
  • * 1859 , (James Fenimore Cooper), The Red Rover: A Tale :
    • I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft?

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (Scotland) Below.

    • See also

    * aloft

    Anagrams

    *

    plow

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US)
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
    • Government institutions seem prepared to continue plowing public funds into the projects. A Brazilian newspaper reported Tuesday that the national development bank had approved a new loan of about $200 million for Itaquerão, a new stadium in São Paulo that is expected to host the opening match of the World Cup.