Low

Meaning

Adj

●

Situated

, or even below, the

or another

; not high or lofty.

Pertaining to (or, especially of

: spoken in) in an area which is at a

,

(especially

the

), than other regions.

●

In Baseball:

Situated

, or even below, the

or another

; not high or lofty.

Below the batter's knees.

●

Of

or upward

or growth, or of

or

; below the

or

level from which

is measured.

Low-cut.

●

Not high in

,

, or

,

, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)

●

Humble,

, not haughty.

●

Disparaging;

little value or excellence.

●

Being a

, a bottom.

●

Depressed in

,

, sad.

●

Lacking health or

,

or

;

; weak.

●

Dead. (Compare

low.)

●

Small, not high (in amount or

, value,

, energy, etc).

Having a small or

of (a

, which is often but not always

by "in" when predicative).

Depleted, or

;

in supply.

●

In Biology:

Simple in

or development.

●

Favoring

(see e.g.

, Low Tory).

●

Being

the equator.

●

In Acoustics:

Grave in

, due to being

by

(wave

); flat.

●

Quiet;

; not loud.

●

In Phonetics:

Made with a

ly large

between the

and the

; made with (part of) the

low in the

,

to the

.

●

In Card games:

Lesser in value than other

,

,

, etc.

●

Not

or

;

the

of

;

, simple.

●

Designed for a

(or the

) speed.

Noun

●

A low point or

,

(as, a

) or or

(as, a

, a time when things are at their worst,

,

, etc).

The

at a particular

, especially during one 24-hour period.

●

A

of

; a

or situation.

●

In Meteorology:

An area of low

; a depression.

●

The lowest-speed

of a power-transmission system, especially of an

vehicle.

●

In Card games:

The

, usually the

; the

or drawn.

●

A

,

, or

price.

●

In British English & Scottish English:

A

;

; blaze.

●

Barrow,

, tumulus.

●

A hill.

●

In Military & Nuclear warfare:

Acronym of

on warning.

Adv

●

Close to the ground.

●

Of a

, at a lower frequency.

●

With a low

or

; not

; gently.

●

Under the

price; at a

price; cheaply.

●

In a low

;

;

ly.

●

In a time

our own.

●

In Astronomy:

In a

the

, so that the

is small, or

the

, so that the

is small; said of the

heavenly bodies

with

to the

revolution.

Verb

●

To lower; to make low.

●

of laugh.

●

To moo.

●

In British English & Scottish English:

To

; to blaze.

●

Alternative form of 'low

Name

●

A surname.

●

The

of Lo Wu in Hong Kong.

Sourced from

Origin

low

English

hlaw

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

lowe

Middle English (1100-1500)

lowen

Middle English (1100-1500)

hlowan

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

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