low

¹ American

[loh] / loʊ /

adjective

situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base.

a low shelf.

Antonyms:

high
of small extent upward; not high or tall.

A low wall surrounds the property.

Antonyms:

high
not far above the horizon, as a planet.

The moon was low in the sky.

Antonyms:

high
lying or being below the general level.

low ground.
designating or pertaining to regions near sea level, especially near the sea.

low countries.
bending or passing far downward; deep.

a low bow.
(of a garment) low-necked; décolleté.

The dress she wore was fashionably low.
rising but slightly from a surface.

a low relief on a frieze.
of less than average or normal height or depth, as a liquid or stream.

The river is low this time of year.
near the first of a series.

a low number.
ranked near the beginning or bottom on some scale of measurement.

a low income bracket.
indicating the bottom or the point farthest down.

the low point in his creative life.
lacking in strength, energy, or vigor; feeble; weak.

to feel low and listless.

Synonyms:

dying, exhausted
providing little nourishment or strength, as a diet.
of small number, amount, degree, force, intensity, etc..

low visibility;
a generator with a low output.
indicated or represented by a low number.

A low latitude is one relatively near the equator.
soft: subdued; not loud.

a low murmur.

Synonyms:

quiet
Music. produced by relatively slow vibrations, as sounds; grave in pitch.

Synonyms:

deep
assigning or attributing little worth, value, excellence, or the like.

a low estimate of a new book.
containing a relatively small amount.

a diet low in starches.
nearing depletion; not adequately supplied.

low on funds;
Our stock of towels is low.
depressed or dejected.

low spirits.

Synonyms:

sad, unhappy, dispirited
far down in the scale of rank or estimation; humble.

of low birth.

Synonyms:

obscure, insignificant, lowly
of inferior quality or character.

a low grade of fabric;
a low type of intellect.
lacking in dignity or elevation, as of thought or expression.
mean, base, or disreputable.

low tricks;
low companions.

Synonyms:

servile, degraded, ignoble
coarse or vulgar.

entertainment of a low sort.

Synonyms:

crude, rude
Boxing. struck or delivered below a contestant's belt.
Biology. having a relatively simple structure; not complex in organization.
Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with a relatively large opening above the tongue, as the vowels of hat, hut, hot, ought, etc.
Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft moves at the lowest speed with relation to the speed of the engine crankshaft, used especially for temporarily overcoming the weight or inertia of the vehicle; first.

low gear.
Baseball. (of a pitched ball) passing the plate at a level below that of the batter's knees.

a low curve.
Cards. having less value than other cards.

a low card.
Metallurgy. having a relatively small amount of a specified constituent (usually used in combination).

low-carbon steel.
Chiefly British. holding to Low Church principles and practices.

adverb

lower, lowest

in or to a low position, point, degree, etc..

The raiders crouched low in the bushes.
near the ground, floor, or base; not aloft.

The plane flew low.
in or to a humble or abject state.

Some live low while others live high.
She swore she would bring him low.
in or to a condition of depletion, prostration, or death.

The gas in the tank is running low.
at comparatively small cost; cheaply.

to buy something low and sell it high.
at or to a low pitch, volume, intensity, etc..

to turn the radio low;
ights turned down low.
in a low tone; softly: quietly.

to speak low.
Archaic. far down in time; late.

noun

something that is low, as ground or prices.

numerous marshy lows in the forest;
the recent low in the stock market.
Automotive. low gear; first gear.
Meteorology. an atmospheric low-pressure system; cyclone.
Cards.
1. the lowest trump card.
2. a card of small value, or of lower value than other cards.
3. the lowest score in a game.
4. a player having such a score.
a point of deepest decline, vulgarity, etc..

a new low in tastelessness.
Slang. a period of intense depression or discomfort, when the effects of a drug have subsided.

idioms

lie low,
1. to conceal oneself.
  
  He had to lie low for a while.
2. to do nothing until the right opportunity develops; bide one's time.
  
  Until the dispute is settled, you would do best to lie low.
lay low,
1. to overpower or kill; defeat.
  
  to lay one's attackers low.
2. to knock down; make prostrate.
3. Informal. to lie low.

low ² American

[loh] / loʊ /

verb (used without object)

lowed, lowing

to utter the deep, low sound characteristic of cattle; moo.

verb (used with object)

lowed, lowing

to utter by or as by lowing.

noun

the act or the sound of lowing.

the low of a distant herd.

low ³ American

[loh] / loʊ /

Or lowe

verb (used without object)

British Dialect.

lowed, lowing

to burn; blaze.
(of a person) to feel strong emotions; glow with excitement.

Low ⁴ American

[loh] / loʊ /

noun

David, 1891–1963, English political cartoonist, born in New Zealand.
Juliette, 1860–1927, founder of Girl Scouts in the U.S.
Seth, 1850–1916, U.S. political reformer, educator, and politician.

low ¹ British

/ ləʊ /