plural of how

plural of howe

Alternative form of how (a tumulus, a bowl barrow).

The state or condition of how a person, object, or thing is.

Contraction of how is. / Contraction of how has. / Contraction of how does.

Alternative spelling of hows; plural of how

(interrogative) To what degree or extent. / By what means. / With overtones of why, for what reason. / In what form, shape, measure, quantity, etc. / With what meaning or effect.

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

The manner or way in which. / In any way in which; in whatever way; however. / That, the fact that.

The means by which something is accomplished.