Dictionary
low
Meaning
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- 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.
- Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- 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.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈləʊ/
Cognate with Western Frisian
leech
Cognate with Dutch
laag
Cognate with Dutch
loeien
Cognate with Latin
calō
Cognate with Latin
clāmō
Cognate with German
Lohe
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