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| 1. | [ adjective ] less than normal in degree or intensity or amount | |
| Examples: | "low prices" "the reservoir is low" |
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| Related terms: | high poor reduced depressed low-level debased inferior degree | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension | |
| Examples: | "low ceilings" "low clouds" "low hills" "the sun is low" "low furniture" "a low bow" |
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| Related terms: | high squat nether low-lying low-level low-set deep down short inferior height | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] very low in volume | |
| Synonyms: | low-toned | |
| Examples: | "a low murmur" "the low-toned murmur of the surf" |
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| Related terms: | soft | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] unrefined in character | |
| Examples: | "low comedy" |
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| Related terms: | unrefined | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency | |
| Synonyms: | low-pitched | |
| Related terms: | high bass contrabass throaty baritone alto pitch | |
| 6. | [ adverb ] in a low position; near the ground | |
| Examples: | "the branches hung low" |
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| 7. | [ adjective ] of the most contemptible kind | |
| Synonyms: | abject low-down miserable scurvy scummy | |
| Examples: | "abject cowardice" "a low stunt to pull" "a low-down sneak" "his miserable treatment of his family" "You miserable skunk!" "a scummy rabble" "a scurvy trick" |
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| Related terms: | contemptible | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] low or inferior in station or quality | |
| Synonyms: | small humble lowly modest | |
| Examples: | "a humble cottage" "a lowly parish priest" "a modest man of the people" "small beginnings" |
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| Related terms: | inferior | |
| 9. | [ noun ] British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963) | |
| Synonyms: | sir_david_alexander_cecil_low sir_david_low david_low | |
| Related terms: | cartoonist | |
| 10. | [ verb ] make a low noise, characteristic of bovines | |
| Synonyms: | moo | |
| Related terms: | utter moo | |
| 11. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3338 | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] outgoing | |
| Synonyms: | ebb | |
| Examples: | "ebb tide" "low tide" |
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| Related terms: | flood receding | |
| 13. | [ adjective ] being the gear producing the lowest drive speed | |
| Synonyms: | first | |
| Examples: | "use first gear on steep hills" |
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| Related terms: | forward | |
| 14. | [ noun ] a low level or position or degree | |
| Examples: | : "the stock market fell to a new low" |
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| Related terms: | high degree | |
| 15. | [ adjective ] subdued or brought low in condition or status | |
| Synonyms: | crushed broken humiliated humbled | |
| Examples: | "brought low" "a broken man" "his broken spirit" |
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| Related terms: | humble | |
| 16. | [ adjective ] low in spirits | |
| Synonyms: | blue down dispirited downcast downhearted low-spirited depressed | |
| Examples: | "lonely and blue in a strange city" "depressed by the loss of his job" "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face" "downcast after his defeat" "feeling discouraged and downhearted" |
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| Related terms: | dejected | |
| 17. | [ adjective ] no longer sufficient | |
| Synonyms: | depleted | |
| Examples: | "supplies are low" "our funds are depleted" |
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| Related terms: | insufficient | |
| 18. | [ adjective ] low in spirits | |
| Synonyms: | blue down low-spirited down_in_the_mouth downcast downhearted dispirited depressed | |
| Examples: | "lonely and blue in a strange city" "depressed by the loss of his job" "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face" "downcast after his defeat" "feeling discouraged and downhearted" |
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| Related terms: | dejected | |
| 19. | [ noun ] (meteorology) an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation | |
| Synonyms: | depression low_pressure | |
| Examples: | "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow" |
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| Related terms: | air_mass cyclone | |
| 20. | [ noun ] the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving | |
| Synonyms: | first low_gear first_gear | |
| Related terms: | gear car | |
| Similar spelling: |
Lowy Lowe Loew Lo loewi loewe Loy Lou Loo Loh Loe Loya Louie l |
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