low

A2
Pronunciation
/ləʊ/
/loʊ/
/loʊ/
/laʊ/
/loʊ/
Noun
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

Something that is low; a low point.

Example Sentences
  • Economic growth has hit a new low.
2 Definition

The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.

Example Sentences
  • Unemployment has reached a ten-year low.
3 Definition

A depressed mood or situation.

Example Sentences
  • He is in a low right now
4 Definition

An area of low pressure; a depression.

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

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

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

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

7 Definition

(slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.

Example Sentences
  • He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low.
8 Definition

A flame; fire; blaze.

9 Definition

Barrow, mound, tumulus.

10 Definition

(Scottish dialectal) A hill.

Verb
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

To depress; to lower.

2 Definition

To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.

Example Sentences
  • There were many laughing children running on the school grounds.
3 Definition

To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.

4 Definition

(followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.

Example Sentences
  • Don't laugh at my new hat, man!
5 Definition

To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.

6 Definition

To express by, or utter with, laughter.

7 Definition

To moo.

Example Sentences
  • The cattle were lowing.
8 Definition

To burn; to blaze.

Adjective
17 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • a low wall a low shelf
2 Definition

Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.

Example Sentences
  • a low bow
3 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Now that was low even for you!
4 Definition

Humble, meek, not haughty.

5 Definition

Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.

Example Sentences
  • She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs.
6 Definition

Being a nadir, a bottom.

Example Sentences
  • the low point in her career
7 Definition

Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.

Example Sentences
  • low spirits
8 Definition

Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.

Example Sentences
  • a low pulse
9 Definition

Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).

Example Sentences
  • My credit union charges a low interest rate.   Jogging during a whiteout, with such low temperatures and low visibility, is dangerous.   The store sold bread at low prices, and milk at even lower prices.   The contractors gave a low estimate of the costs.   low cholesterol   a low voltage wire   a low number
10 Definition

Simple in complexity or development; (in several set phrases) favoring simplicity; (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).

Example Sentences
  • low protozoan animals, low cryptogamic plants, and other low organisms
11 Definition

(in several set phrases) Being near the equator.

Example Sentences
  • the low northern latitudes
12 Definition

(acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.

Example Sentences
  • Generally, European men have lower voices than their Indian counterparts.
13 Definition

Quiet; soft; not loud.

Example Sentences
  • They spoke in low voices so I would not hear what they were saying.
14 Definition

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.

15 Definition

Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.

Example Sentences
  • a low card
16 Definition

Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.

17 Definition

(of an automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.

Example Sentences
  • low gear
Adverb
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

Close to the ground.

2 Definition

Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.

3 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • to speak low
4 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • He sold his wheat low.
5 Definition

In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.

6 Definition

In a time approaching our own.

7 Definition

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.

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