low

1. 1

   Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.

   • standing on low ground
   • in a low valley, ringed by low hills
2. 2

   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.

   • the low countries
   • Low German
3. 3

   Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.; Below the batter's knees.

   • the pitch (or: the ball) was low
4. 4

   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.

   • a low bow
   • a low tide
5. 5

   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.

   • Again, observe the unmeaningness of the low neck fashion. Our mothers wore low dresses and bare arms all day long; they knew if their shoulders and arms were beautiful they would look as well by daylight as by candlelight; […]
   • Why do girls wear low dresses?
6. 6

   Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)

   • low birth
   • low rank
7. 7

   Humble, meek, not haughty.

   • God loves an humble soul. It is not our high birth, but our low hearts God delights in.
8. 8

   Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.

   • She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs.
9. 9

   Being a nadir, a bottom.

   • the low point in her career
10. 10

    Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.

    • low spirits

syn. Synonyms: immoral · abject · scummy · scurvy

1. 1

   A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).

   • You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.
   • Economic growth has hit a new low.
2. 2

   A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) 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.

   • Today's low was 32 °F.
   • A cold one out there today, with lows reaching 33 degrees.
3. 3

   A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.

   • He is in a low right now. the highs and lows of bipolar disorder
4. 4

   An area of low pressure; a depression.informal

   • A deep low is centred over the British Isles.
5. 5

   The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.

   • Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour.
6. 6

   The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.

7. 7

   A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.slangusually

   • He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low.

1. 1

   Close to the ground.

2. 2

   Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.

   • Can sing both high and low.
3. 3

   With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.

   • to speak low
4. 4

   Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.

   • He sold his wheat low.
5. 5

   In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.

   • But ever since the concept of "hamartia" recurred through Aristotle's Poetics, in an attempt to describe man's ingrained iniquity, our impulse has been to identify a telling defect in those brought suddenly and dramatically low.
6. 6

   In a time approaching our own.

   • In that part of the world which was first inhabited, […] even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds.
7. 7

   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.

   • The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.

1. 1

   To lower; to make low.obsoletetransitive

   • I shall only say this, that all the other graces must low the sail to faith, and so it is faith must carry us through, being that last triumphing grace, […]
   • Now to use these as Hypotheseis, as himself in his Word, is pleas'd to low himself to our capacities, is allowable:

1. 1

   simple past of laugh.form-ofobsoletepast

1. 1

   To moo.intransitive

   • The cattle were lowing.

1. 1

   A flame; fire; blaze.ScotlandUKcountable

   • She was, as one of them expressed himself, in a light low (bright flame) when they observed a king's ship, with her colours up, heave in sight from behind the cape. The guns of the burning vessel discharged themselves […]
   • A boy fell aff his chair a' in a low, for the discharge had set him on fire […]

1. 1

   To burn; to blaze.ScotlandUKdialectal

   • Driest wood will eithest low,

1. 1

   Barrow, mound, tumulus.archaicobsolete

   • A barrow or Low, such as were usually cast up over the bodies of eminent Captains.
2. 2

   A hill.Scottisharchaicdialectal

   • And some they brought the brown lint-seed, and flung it down from the Low.

1. 1

   Alternative form of 'low.alt-ofalternative