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low in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    abject  low  low-down  miserable  scummy  scurvy 
  2. 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"
    gloomy  grim  blue  depressed  dispirited  down  downcast  downhearted  down in the mouth  low  low-spirited 
  3. subdued or brought low in condition or status
    "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
    broken  crushed  humbled  humiliated  low 
  4. no longer sufficient
    "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted"
    depleted  low 
  5. low or inferior in station or quality
    "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
    humble  low  lowly  modest  small 
  6. 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"
    low 
  7. less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
    "low prices"; "the reservoir is low"
    low 
  8. used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
    low  low-pitched 
  9. very low in volume
    "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of the surf"
    low  low-toned 
  10. unrefined in character
    "low comedy"
    low 
noun
  1. an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
    "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
    low  depression 
  2. the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
    first gear  first  low gear  low 
  3. a low level or position or degree
    "the stock market fell to a new low"
    low 
verb
  1. make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
    moo  low 
adverb
  1. in a low position; near the ground
    "the branches hung low"
    low  low 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University