Noun
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the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
used to start a car moving
- first gear - low gear -
a low level or position or degree
"the stock market fell to a new low"
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British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
- david low - sir david low - sir david alexander cecil low -
an air mass of lower pressure
often brings precipitation
"a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
Verb
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make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
Adjective
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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"
- down in the mouth - low spirited -
subdued or brought low in condition or status
"brought low"
"a broken man"
"his broken spirit"
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no longer sufficient
"supplies are low"
"our funds are depleted"
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low or inferior in station or quality
"a humble cottage"
"a lowly parish priest"
"a modest man of the people"
"small beginnings"
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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"
- low down -
used of sounds and voices
low in pitch or frequency
- low pitched -
unrefined in character
"low comedy"
-
very low in volume
"a low murmur"
"the low-toned murmur of the surf"
- low toned -
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"
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less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
"low prices"
"the reservoir is low"
Adverb
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in a low position
near the ground
"the branches hung low"