Lowes
- John Livingston,1867–1945, U.S. scholar, critic, and teacher.
lowe
- low3.
low3
or lowe
- to burn; blaze.
- (of a person) to feel strong emotions; glow with excitement.
Origin of low3
Examples from the Web for lowes
Contemporary Examples
Naturally, he intends to jettison the name “Lowes Island” and call it the Trump National Golf Course in Washington, D.C.
Historical Examples
It'll be waur to hear me roarin wi' the rich man i' the lowes o' hell!
Salted With FireGeorge MacDonald
Mr. Lowes Dickinson once commented on the truly religious character of American business.
The Ordeal of Mark TwainVan Wyck Brooks
Two other "lowes" or "mounds," apparently tumuli, on the opposite bank of the river.
On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in LancashireCharles Hardwick
Possibly the "lowes" outliers of the partially denuded glacial "drift."
On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in LancashireCharles Hardwick
Lowes first attempt at a bunt missed fire and the umpire called a strike on him.
Weatherby's InningRalph Henry Barbour
Low
- Sir David. 1891–1963, British political cartoonist, born in New Zealand: created Colonel BlimpSee blimp 2
Löwe
- See Loewe
low1
- having a relatively small distance from base to top; not tall or higha low hill; a low building
- situated at a relatively short distance above the ground, sea level, the horizon, or other reference positionlow cloud
- (in combination)low-lying
- involving or containing a relatively small amount of somethinga low supply
- (in combination)low-pressure
- having little value or quality
- (in combination)low-grade
- of less than the usual or expected height, depth, or degreelow temperature
- (of numbers) small
- (of measurements) expressed in small numbers
- unfavourablea low opinion
- not advanced in evolutiona low form of plant life
- deepa low obeisance
- coarse or vulgara low conversation
- inferior in culture or status
- (in combination)low-class
- in a physically or mentally depressed or weakened state
- designed so as to reveal the wearer's neck and part of the bosoma low neckline
- with a hushed tone; quiet or softa low whisper
- of relatively small price or monetary valuelow cost
- music relating to or characterized by a relatively low pitch
- (of latitudes) situated not far north or south of the equator
- having little or no money
- abject or servile
- phonetics of, relating to, or denoting a vowel whose articulation is produced by moving the back of the tongue away from the soft palate or the blade away from the hard palate, such as for the a in English fatherCompare high (def. 22)
- (of a gear) providing a relatively low forward speed for a given engine speed
- (usually capital) of or relating to the Low Church
- in a low position, level, degree, intensity, etcto bring someone low
- at a low pitch; deepto sing low
- at a low price; cheaplyto buy low
- lay low
- to cause to fall by a blow
- to overcome, defeat or destroy
- lie low
- to keep or be concealed or quiet
- to wait for a favourable opportunity
- a low position, level, or degreean all-time low
- an area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, esp a depression
- electronics the voltage level in a logic circuit corresponding to logical zeroCompare high (def. 40)
Word Origin
low2
- the sound uttered by cattle; moo
- to make or express by a low or moo
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for lowes
low
adj.
"not high," late 13c., from lah (late 12c.), "not rising much, being near the base or ground" (of objects or persons); "lying on the ground or in a deep place" (late 13c.), from Old Norse lagr "low," or a similar Scandinavian source (cf. Swedish låg, Danish lav), from Proto-Germanic *lega- "lying flat, low" (cf. Old Frisian lech, Middle Dutch lage, Dutch laag "low," dialectal German läge "flat"), from PIE *legh- "to lie" (see lie (v.2)).
Meaning "humble in rank" is from c.1200; "undignified" is from 1550s; sense of "dejected, dispirited" is attested from 1737; meaning "coarse, vulgar" is from 1759. In reference to sounds, "not loud," also "having a deep pitch," it is attested from c.1300. Of prices, from c.1400. In geographical usage, low refers to the part of a country near the sea-shore (c.1300; e.g. Low Countries "Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg," 1540s). As an adverb c.1200, from the adjective.
low
v.
Old English hlowan "make a noise like a cow," from Proto-Germanic *khlo- (cf. Middle Dutch loeyen, Dutch loeien, Old Low Franconian luon, Old High German hluojen), from imitative PIE root *kele- (2) "to shout" (see claim (v.)).
low
n.1
sound made by cows, 1540s, from low (v.).
low
adv.
early 13c., from low (adj.). Of voices or sounds, from c.1300.
low
n.2
"hill," obsolete except in place names, Old English hlaw "hill, mound," especially "barrow," related to hleonian "to lean" (see lean (v.)). Cf. Latin clivus "hill" from the same PIE root.
Idioms and Phrases with lowes
low
In addition to the idioms beginning with low
- low blow
- low boiling point
- low man on the totem pole
- low profile
also see:
- at a low ebb
- (low) boiling point
- high and low
- keep a low profile
- lay someone low
- lie low