low

Definitions of low in various dictionaries:

noun - an air mass of lower pressure

noun - British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)

noun - a low level or position or degree

noun - the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle

verb - make a low noise, characteristic of bovines

adj - less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

adj - literal meanings

adj - very low in volume

adj - unrefined in character

adj - used of sounds and voices

adj - of the most contemptible kind

adj - low or inferior in station or quality

adj - no longer sufficient

adj - subdued or brought low in condition or status

adj - filled with melancholy and despondency

adv - in a low position

Having little relative height; not high or tall.

Rising only slightly above surrounding surfaces.

Situated or placed below normal height: a low lighting fixture.

Situated below the surrounding surfaces: water standing in low spots.

Dead and buried.

Cut to show the wearer’s neck and chest; décolleté: a low neckline.

Near or at the horizon: The sun is low in the sky.

Produced with part or all of the tongue depressed, as a, pro noun ced (), in father.

Of less than usual or average depth; shallow: The river is low.

Humble in status or character.

Of relatively simple structure in the scale of living organisms.

Unrefined; coarse: low humor.

Lacking strength or vigor; weak.

Emotionally or mentally depressed.

Below average in degree, intensity, or amount: a low temperature.

Below an average or a standard: low wages; a low level of communication.

Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale: a low number; a low grade of oil.

Relating to or being latitudes nearest to the equator.

Relatively small.

Characterized by a small degree, intensity, or amount of a specified attribute: a low cholesterol diet.

Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively small number of sound-wave cycles per second.

Not loud; soft: a low murmur.

Being near total depletion: My savings account is low.

Not adequately provided or equipped; short: low on supplies.

Depreciatory; disparaging: a low opinion of his qualities.

Brought down or reduced in health or wealth: in a low state.

Of, relating to, or being the gear configuration or setting, as in an automotive transmission, that produces the least vehicular speed with respect to engine speed.

In or to a low position, level, or space: aimed low; bent low.

In or to a low condition or rank; humbly: thought low of himself.

In or to a reduced, humbled, or degraded condition: brought low by business reverses.

Softly; quietly: speak low.

With a deep pitch: sang low.

At a small price: bought low and sold high.

A low level, position, or degree: Rain collects in the lows.

A region of atmospheric pressure that is below normal.

The low gear configuration of a transmission.

The characteristic sound uttered by cattle; a moo.

adj - having relatively little upward extension

verb - to utter the sound characteristic of cattle