low

Plural: lows

Noun

• an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
  • "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
• British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
• a low level or position or degree
  • "the stock market fell to a new low"
• the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
• A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
• A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
• The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
• A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.
• An area of low pressure; a depression.
• The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
• The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
• A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.
• A flame; fire; blaze.
• Barrow, mound, tumulus.
• A hill.

Verb

Verb Forms: lowed, lowing, lows

• To make the characteristic deep sound of cattle; to moo.
• make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
• To lower; to make low.
• simple past of laugh.
• To moo.
• To burn; to blaze.
• Alternative form of 'low.

Adjective

• Not high or tall; having little vertical extent.
• less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
  • "low prices"
  • "the reservoir is low"
• literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
  • "low ceilings"
  • "low clouds"
  • "low hills"
  • "the sun is low"
  • "low furniture"
  • "a low bow"
• used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

Adjective Satellite

• very low in volume
  • "a low murmur"
  • "the low-toned murmur of the surf"
• unrefined in character
  • "low comedy"
• of the most contemptible kind
  • "a low stunt to pull"
  • "a low-down sneak"
• low or inferior in station or quality
  • "a lowly parish priest"
• no longer sufficient
  • "supplies are low"
• subdued or brought low in condition or status
  • "brought low"
• filled with melancholy and despondency

Adverb

• in a low position; near the ground
  • "the branches hung low"

Adj

• Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
• Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
• Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.
• Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
• Below the batter's knees.
• Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
• Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
• Low-cut.
• Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
• Humble, meek, not haughty.
• Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
• Being a nadir, a bottom.
• Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
• Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
• Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
• Having few hit points remaining; damaged.
• Dead. (Compare lay low.)
• Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
• Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
• Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
• Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
• Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
• Simple in complexity or development.
• Favoring simplicity (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).
• Being near the equator.
• Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
• Quiet; soft; not loud.
• Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
• Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
• Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.
• Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.

Adv

• Close to the ground.
• Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
• With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
• Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
• In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
• In a time approaching our own.
• In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.

Examples

• A deep low is centred over the British Isles.
• a low bow
• a low card
• a low pulse
• a low tide
• a low wall a low shelf
• a person of low mind
• diets low in vitamin A
• Economic growth has hit a new low.
• Generally, European men have lower voices than their Indian counterparts.
• He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low.
• He sold his wheat low.
• Her score was LOW after a series of unfortunate tile draws.
• in a low valley, ringed by low hills
• low birth
• low gear
• Low German
• low protozoan animals, low cryptogamic plants, and other low organisms
• low rank
• low spirits
• low-quality fabric
• made (or: laid) low by sickness
• made from low-carbon steel
• My credit union charges a low interest rate. Jogging during a whiteout, with such low temperatures and low visibility, is dangerous. The store sold bread at low prices, and milk at even lower prices. The contractors gave a low estimate of the costs. low cholesterol a low voltage wire a low number
• Now that was low even for you!
• playing low tricks on them
• running low on cash
• She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs.
• Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour.
• standing on low ground
• The cattle were lowing.
• the low countries
• the low northern latitudes
• the low officials of the bureaucracy
• the low point in her career
• the Mississippi is unusually low right now
• The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
• The note was too low for her to sing.
• the pitch (or: the ball) was low
• The player began to LOW in frustration after drawing a blank for the fifth time.
• They spoke in low voices so I would not hear what they were saying.
• to speak low
• Why would you want to play heavy metal at such a low volume?
• You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.

Synonyms

abject, blue, broken, crushed, David Low, depleted, depressed, depression, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, first, first gear, gloomy, grim, humble, humbled, humiliated, low gear, low-down, low-pitched, low-spirited, low-toned, lowly, miserable, modest, moo, scummy, scurvy, Sir David Alexander Cecil Low, Sir David Low, small, Synonyms: immoral, abased, anemic, asleep, at rest, atrabiliary, atrabilious, belittling, blitheless, breakable, broken-down, bummed out, cadaverous, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen, clay-cold, compact, consumed, contemptuous, crestfallen, cut up, damaged, damp, debilitated, deceased, decomposed, decrepit, deep, defunct, dejected, delicate, demure, departed, deprecative, derogative, despising, despondent, devalued, dickless, diffident, disconsolate, disdainful, disgruntled, disheartened, dismal, dismissive, disrespectful, doleful, dolesome, done up, down in the dumps, downsome, dull, effete, elegiac, elegious, enervated, enfeebled, exhausted, expended, expired, extinct, faint, feeble, fey, finished, flat, flimsy, for the birds, forlorn, forworn, fragile, frail, fun size, fun-sized, glum, gone, good, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, grief-stricken, grieving, harmed, heartsick, heartsore, heavy-hearted, humble-hearted, hurt, hushed, ickle, impaired, impotent, inanimate, inconsolable, inert, infelicitous, infirm, injured, insignificant, jawfallen, joyless, kaput, lachrymose, lamentful, languid, late, lifeless, lit'l, little, living impaired, low, low-level, lugubrious, lumpish, meek, melancholic, melancholy, mild, mini, moody, mopey, morose, mournful, muffled, nether, no longer with us, no more, not worth a Continental, not worth a brass farthing, not worth a cent, not worth a cress, not worth a curse, not worth a damn, not worth a dime, not worth a farthing, not worth a nickel, not worth a penny, not worth a plug nickel, not worth a whistle, not worth salt, null, of no value, otiose, passionate, perished, petty, pint-sized, plaintive, pocket-size, powerless, prostrate, prostrated, puny, querulous, quiet, quiet as a church mouse, quiet as a grave, quiet as a mouse, raddled, reduced, reposing, resigned, resistless, resting, sad, saddened, sapped, saturnine, scornful, scrimp, self-effacing, shattered, short, shortsome, six feet deep, six feet under, slight, slighting, slightsoft, slim, small-scale, sneerful, sniffy, soft, softened, solemn, sombre, sorrow-ridden, sorrowful, sorrowsome, spent, spiritless, stiff, stifled, still, stubbed, stubby, stumpy, sullen, susceptible, tender, threnetic, threnetical, tired, torpid, tranquil, triste, tristful, uncheerful, uncheery, unconsolable, undersized, underslung, unhappy, unlively, unpretentious, unresistant, used up, valueless, verecund, vertically challenged, vincible, vulnerable, wasted, weak, weakened, weary, wee, weedy, whilom, wimpy, wistful, with God, woe, woebegone, woeful, worn out, worth nothing, worthless, wretched, wurly, wutless, yielding

Antonyms

high, deep, shallow, short, tall

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