"ower" meaning in English

See ower in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English ower, a variant of Middle English over. Compare Scots ower (“over”), English o'er (“over”). More at over. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ower}} Middle English ower, {{cog|enm|over}} Middle English over, {{cog|sco|ower|t=over}} Scots ower (“over”), {{cog|en|o'er|t=over}} English o'er (“over”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ower (not comparable)
  1. (Geordie) overly, too Tags: Geordie, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ower-en-adj-aCjQ33xP Categories (other): Geordie English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adverb

Etymology: From Middle English ower, a variant of Middle English over. Compare Scots ower (“over”), English o'er (“over”). More at over. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ower}} Middle English ower, {{cog|enm|over}} Middle English over, {{cog|sco|ower|t=over}} Scots ower (“over”), {{cog|en|o'er|t=over}} English o'er (“over”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} ower (not comparable)
  1. (Geordie) over Tags: Geordie, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ower-en-adv-X7akfjaO Categories (other): Geordie English, English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 19 42 29 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: owers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English owere, oȝere, awer, equivalent to owe + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|owere}} Middle English owere, {{suf|en|owe|er|id2=agent noun}} owe + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} ower (plural owers)
  1. A person who owes something, especially money. Translations (person who owes money): velallinen (Finnish), должни́к (dolžník) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ower-en-noun-uU0cflHD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 0 72 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 5 0 73 0 12 10 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 0 73 0 12 10 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Preposition

Etymology: From Middle English ower, a variant of Middle English over. Compare Scots ower (“over”), English o'er (“over”). More at over. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ower}} Middle English ower, {{cog|enm|over}} Middle English over, {{cog|sco|ower|t=over}} Scots ower (“over”), {{cog|en|o'er|t=over}} English o'er (“over”) Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} ower, {{en-prep}} ower
  1. (Geordie) over Tags: Geordie
    Sense id: en-ower-en-prep-X7akfjaO Categories (other): Geordie English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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