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how | chow |

As an adverb how

is to what degree.

As a noun how

is the means by which something is accomplished or how can be (dialectal) an artificial barrow or tumulus.

As a conjunction how

is in which way; in such way.

As an interjection how

is .

As a proper noun chow is

a common chinese surname.

how

English

(wikipedia how)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), (m), (etyl) . /hw/ > /h/ due to in (etyl); compare (m), which underwent this change later, and thus is spelt ''wh ((etyl) spelling of /hw/) but pronounced /h/ (it previously had a different vowel, hence avoided the spelling and sound change in Old English). Vowel change per Great Vowel Shift. Akin to (etyl) (m) ((etyl) (m)), . See (m) and compare (m).

Adverb

(-)
  • To what degree.
  • *
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  • In what manner.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.
  • In what state.
    • How are you?
    How was your vacation?
    Usage notes
    * See usage notes on else. * How good is it?'' means "To what extent is it good?", whereas ''How is it good?'' means "In what manner is it good?". Likewise, ''I know how good it is'' means "I know the extent to which it is good", whereas ''I know how it is good means "I know the manner in which it is good".
    Derived terms
    * how many * how much * how come * how so * know-how

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The means by which something is accomplished.
    • I am not interested in the why, but in the how .
  • * 1924 , Joseph Rickaby, Studies on God and His Creatures? , p. 102:
    • It is an a posteriori argument, evincing the fact, but not the how .

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • In which way; in such way.
    • I remember how to solve this puzzle.
  • That, the fact that, the way that.
  • * 2010 April 24, Jesse McKinley, “ Don’t Call It ‘Pot’ in This Circle; It’s a Profession]”, in [[w:The New York Times, The New York Times] , page A1:
    • “There’s this real Al Capone fear that they’re going to get our guys, not on marijuana, but on something else,” Mr. Edson said, referring to how Capone was eventually charged with tax evasion rather than criminal activity.

    Etymology 2

    From a (etyl) language, compare (etyl) . Alternatively from (etyl) (m).

    Interjection

    (en-interj)!

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal) An artificial barrow or tumulus.
  • (dialectal) A small hill in northern England. (Usage preserved mainly in place names.)

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    chow

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened from (chow-chow).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (slang, uncountable) Food, especially snacks.
    • I'm going to pick up some chow for dinner.
  • A Chinese breed of dog; the .
  • * 1914 , (Saki), ‘The Lull’, Beasts and Superbeasts :
    • ‘I'd try and grapple with him myself, only I've got my chow in my room, you know, and he goes for pigs wherever he finds them.’
  • * {{quote-news, year=1988, date=March 4, author=Jane Weinberg, title=First Person: Me and Georgia O'Keeffe, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=While we were talking, one of the chows , the rusty one, had come over to me and I was absently petting him. }}
  • A Chinese person.
  • * 1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 11:
  • *:‘Now look here old man if you should ever bump into an interesting Chow from over the river – one with access , follow me? – just you remember High Haven!’
    • Derived terms
    * chow down

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang, South Africa) To eat.

    • Etymology 2

    From Chinese.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Mahjong) To (use a tile or tiles to) piece together a winning combination of tiles.
  • * 2007 , Eleanor Noss Whitney, A Mah Jong Handbook: How to Play, Score, and Win , page 154:
    • while the adversary on his right will repeatedly bury in the discard the very tiles he wishes to chow but can't.