Definition of 'low'
Noun
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
Synonyms: low pressure depression - British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
Synonyms: David Low Sir David Low Sir David Alexander Cecil Low - a low level or position or degree; "the stock market fell to a new low"
Antonyms: high - the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
Synonyms: first gear first low gear
Verb
- make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
Synonyms: moo
Adjective
- less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low"
Antonyms: high - 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"
Antonyms: high - very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of the surf"
Synonyms: low-toned - unrefined in character; "low comedy"
- used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
Synonyms: low-pitched
Antonyms: high high-pitched - 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"
Synonyms: abject low-down miserable scummy scurvy - low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
Synonyms: humble lowly modest small - no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted"
Synonyms: depleted - subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
Synonyms: broken crushed humbled humiliated - low in spirits; "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"
Synonyms: blue depressed dispirited down downcast downhearted down in the mouth low-spirited - being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills"
Synonyms: first
Adverb
- in a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung low"
