to have or bear (an emotion or attitude) to someone or something
owe s the boss a grudge
to be under obligation to pay or repay in return for something received : be indebted in the sum of
owe s me 5
to be under obligation to render (as duty or service)
I owe you a favor
to be indebted to
owe s the grocer for supplies
to be indebted for
owed his wealth to his father
owe s much to good luck
to be in debt
owe s for his house
to be attributable
an idea that owe s to Greek philosophy
owing -adj
due to be paid
has bills owing
owing to -prep
because of
absent owing to illness
owl ['au̇(-ə)l] -n
any of an order (Strigiformes) of chiefly nocturnal birds of prey with a large head and eyes, short hooked bill, strong talons, and soft fluffy often brown-mottled plumage
owl·et ['au̇-lət] -n
a small or young owl
owl·ish ['au̇-lish] -adj, adv, n
resembling or suggesting an owl
owl monkey -n
any of several small nocturnal monkeys (genus Aotus) of Central and So. American tropical forests that have round heads, large eyes, and densely furred bodies called also douroucouli
own ['ōn] -adj
belonging to oneself or itself usu. used following a possessive case or possessive adjective
cooked my own dinner
used to express immediate or direct kinship
an own son
an own sister
to have or hold as property : possess
to have power or mastery over
wanted to own his own life
to acknowledge to be true, valid, or as claimed : admit
own a debt
to acknowledge something to be true, valid, or as claimed used with to or up
one or ones belonging to oneself used after a possessive and without a following noun