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ADJECTIVE low COMPARATIVE lower SUPERLATIVE lowest
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Meaning low meaning

What does low mean?
Definitions in simple English

low Adjective

— If cost, value, amount, sound, temperature, etc. is low, it is small. My pay is very low, so it's hard to live here. Poor people need low-cost apartments. The temperature will go down over night and tomorrow it will be lower than it was today. — If something is low, it (or its top) is close to the ground. The bridge is too low for the truck to go under it. — If something is low quality, it is bad. I bought a low-quality bag and it already has a hole in it. — If a sound is low, it is small in frequency or quiet. On the piano, the left hand plays the low notes and the right hand plays the high notes. — If a person is feeling low, they are not happy.

low

— adjective less than normal in degree or intensity or amount low prices the reservoir is low — adjective literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension low ceilings low clouds low hills the sun is low low furniture a low bow — adjective (= low-toned) very low in volume a low murmur the low-toned murmur of the surf — adjective unrefined in character low comedy — adjective used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency — adverb in a low position; near the ground the branches hung low — adjective (= abject, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy) of the most contemptible kind abject cowardice a low stunt to pull a low-down sneak his miserable treatment of his family You miserable skunk! a scummy rabble a scurvy trick — noun an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow — noun a low level or position or degree the stock market fell to a new low — adjective (= depleted) no longer sufficient supplies are low our funds are depleted — adjective (= humble, lowly, modest, small) low or inferior in station or quality a humble cottage a lowly parish priest a modest man of the people small beginnings — verb make a low noise, characteristic of bovines — noun (= first gear) the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving — adjective (= broken) subdued or brought low in condition or status brought low a broken man his broken spirit — adjective (= gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, downcast, downhearted) filled with melancholy and despondency gloomy at the thought of what he had to face gloomy predictions a gloomy silence took a grim view of the economy the darkening mood lonely and blue in a strange city depressed by the loss of his job a dispirited and resigned expression on her face downcast after his defeat feeling discouraged and downhearted

Low

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

Synonyms low synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as low?

low English » English

mean vile base short moo inferior small humble down abject depressed vulgar bellow contemptible foul deep cheap below bad under soft ignoble poor nasty lowly lower little depression worthless weak sordid scurvy lowlife low-pitched low-lying heavy downward downhearted despicable coarse beneath sleazy shoddy shallow scummy mumbling miserable low-spirited lousy inadequate

Low English » English

Sir David Low Sir David Alexander Cecil Low David Low

Topics low topics

What do people use low to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad
States Big Long

Short, not tall
States Big Distance

Low
Social behavior Behavior Good, moral

Bad, immoral
Universe, creation Animal Animal actions

Animal sounds
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Types of sounds

  • What words refer to a low pitched sound?
    low rumble
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Quiet
Language and thought Communication Say

Voice
Social behavior Authority Status

Low status
Work and occupation Animal husbandry Domesticated animal

Cattle
Work and occupation Finance Financial transaction Price

Cheap
States Quality Light

Dark
States Quality Good

Bad
Grammar Very

Degree
Grammar Very Degree

To a small degree
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Attention
States Quantity All

Most, least
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Tide
Language and thought Think Opinion

Approve of something
Physical actions Posture

Bow
Physical actions Arrange

Simple, complicated
States Quantity Plural

Few, little

  • What words describe something that contains a little of a particular substance?
    low in

Conjugation low conjugation

How do you conjugate low?

low · verb

Examples low examples

How do I use low in a sentence?

Simple sentences

This chair is too low for me.
Bend down. The ceiling is very low.
My money is running low.
Tom holds Mary in low esteem.
His low salary prevents him from buying the house.
Low temperatures turn water into ice.
Stock prices plunged to a record low.
There is a low hill near the sea.
Turn the flame down low.
I searched high and low for my lighter but couldn't find it.
Rigid wheels give sufficient stability to a low-speed vehicle steered by outside forces.
The helicopter is flying very low.
He is the lowest of the low to tell such a lie.
The man spoke in a low voice.
Lots of low trees grow on the hill.
Low-lying lands will flood. This means that people will be left homeless and their crops will be destroyed by the salt water.
We looked for it high and low.
The yen is still low against the dollar.
This desk is a little low for me.

Movie subtitles

It's enough if I just keep a low profile.
If we want to stay alive, our village needs to lay low and not attract any attention.
I can imagine a creature on a low gravity planet as being. long and spindly.
Life on a low gravity planet might be tall and thin, with long legs.
For the time being, lay low.
Yeah. Yeah, my blood sugar was a little low, so I decided to just come home and really focus on the presentation all weekend.
Nah, I wanna keep this low-key.
Well, for a man who supposedly drank a bottle of rum, his blood alcohol is surprisingly low. Negligible, in fact.
Her oxygen levels are low.
In the peaceful streets, without horizon, under the low sky, together by habitude.
And we came down the path. and we went inside and the shades were drawn. and the lights were low, and, uh. then, uh.
Now, you low-down rat, get out. or we wreck the joint! - Come on!
It's just possible that a certain low-down coyote left his sign there.
You'd better lay low.
She has, to my regret, a low opinion of social rules.
And I'd like to see you small and low and poor, far beneath me, reachable to my feet.
And this I give to you, at a low fare.
That dirty, low, sneaking.
First, your overhead is too high and your brow is too low.
You better lay low for a while.
Keep your voice low and listen.
Our ammunition supplies are low.
I want to lie low until I get the whole dope.
Yonder bank of low clouds is the island of Virgen Magra.
When the stomache is empty, the spirits are low.
The moment when Allison finds out that Gerard is deceiving her is a whole 'nother low.
After the stock falls, we will buy at a low price.
I'm down pretty low.but not so far that I'll stand for this!
There's nothing too low for you to do, is there?
Now, you low-down rat, get out. or we wreck the joint!
Well, of all the dirty low-down tricks.
I'll play you poker, stud or draw, Clobyosh, rummy, high or low pinochle, I'll even cut your high cards.
Why so low, Jerry?
I'm treated like the lowest of the low.

News and current affairs

Their poverty causes low farm productivity, and low farm productivity reinforces their poverty.
For a very low cash outlay - and perhaps none at all on balance - we could conserve nature and thus protect the basis of our own lives and livelihoods.
Because these activities' costs are so high and their benefits so low, stopping them would be easy.
At first sight, the easiest answer to the problem of low voter turnout is to give more power to the European Parliament.
In comparison to the cost of military intervention and peacekeeping, the financial costs here are ridiculously low.
First, short-term interest rates were already so low that everyone would see further cuts as temporary only.
Second, short-term interest rates were so low that additional cuts would spook the financial markets: if even the Fed thought conditions warranted cuts, the argument went, businesses would respond not by increasing their investments but by reducing them.
While the magnitudes involved are huge, they must be attained if an extended period of low growth, high unemployment, and declining living standards among the world's poorest is to be avoided.
It would give developing nations a strong incentive to accept mandatory quotas, because if they can keep their per capita emissions low, they will have excess emissions rights to sell to the industrialized nations.
Greece overspent, but Spain and Ireland had fiscal surpluses and low debt-to-GDP ratios before the crisis.
The carrot is needed because there is great social value in discovering, for example, that cut flowers, or soccer balls, or computer software can be produced at low cost, because this knowledge can orient the investments of other entrepreneurs.
Humanity needs to learn new ways to produce and use low-carbon energy, grow food sustainably, build livable cities, and manage the global commons of oceans, biodiversity, and the atmosphere.
The UN General Assembly backed many of the project's recommendations, which were then implemented in numerous low-income countries.
The EU's legitimacy problem has two different aspects: apathy, leading to a low turnout in the European parliamentary elections, and outright euro-skepticism.
And low growth will hurt tax revenues, undermining the proclaimed goal of fiscal consolidation.
Central banks then began to focus on low and stable inflation as their primary objective, and became more independent from their political masters.
In some countries, most notably the US, a private-sector credit boom created jobs in low-skilled industries like construction, and precipitated a consumption boom as people borrowed against overvalued houses.
Many women, for example, are leaving low-paying jobs to acquire skills that will open doors to higher-paying positions.
Is that just because low-income people feel that life is unfair and therefore distrust those around them?
The up-front cost is a factor, too, especially for those on low budgets.
This is a recipe for continuing political problems, as the Greeks would always consider the interest rate too high, while Germany would consider it too low (at least relative to market rates).
But even if tariffs and quotas are progressively reduced, trade flows may remain low if other trade costs remain high.
BEIJING - All low-income countries have the potential for dynamic economic growth.
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