low
low
loƊ
low
/ləʊ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "low"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āύāĻŋāϚ⧁, āωāρāϚ⧁ āύāϝāĻŧ

not extending far upward
low definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The toddler struggled to reach the low shelf.
āϛ⧋āĻŸā§āϟ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āϤāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.1

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ

positioned close to the earth's surface or another baseline
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The low clouds promised rain.
āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āĻŽā§‡āϘ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.2

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āύāĻŋāϚ⧁

at the bottom point or level of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That was the low point of her career.
āĻāϟāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āĻ•āĻŽ

small or below average in degree, value, level, or amount
low definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This milk is low in fat.
āĻāχ āĻĻ⧁āϧ⧇ āϚāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽāĨ¤
03

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ

of a very poor or inferior condition or quality
low definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They lived in a building with low safety standards.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
04

āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ

experiencing a state of deep sadness or discouragement
low definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He had a low moment during recovery.
āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āύāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āώ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ

geographically located near the equatorial region, typically within the tropics
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Hurricanes often form in low regions near the equator.
āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϕ⧇āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧁āĻŦāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
06

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ

(of a pitched ball) thrown or moving at a height below what is considered a fair or standard level
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The umpire called the pitch low.
āφāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāϚāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
07

āύāĻŋāϚ⧁, āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āύ⧇āĻ•āϞāĻžāχāύāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ

(of clothing) designed with a neckline that dips to show more of the upper chest or cleavage
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The blouse was too low for a formal setting.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāωāϜāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
08

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž

(of footwear) designed to cover only the foot and not the ankle or leg
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He preferred low sneakers for comfort.
āϏ⧇ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āĻ¸ā§āύāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
09

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āĻ…āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ

(of a river or lake) having less water than usual
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Fishing was poor because the lake was low.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āϧāϰāĻž āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻšā§āϰāĻĻāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
10

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ

(of a sound or voice) deep in tone or soft in volume
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She spoke in a low whisper.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
11

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ

(of a vowel) articulated by positioning the tongue down and the mouth open
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In " cat, " the /ÃĻ/ is a low vowel.
"āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ" āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇, /ÃĻ/ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
12

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ

not having enough of something necessary or expected
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She felt low on energy after a long day at work.
āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
12.1

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ

(of a supply) existing in a diminished amount or nearing depletion
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Inventory levels are low across all stores.
āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ āχāύāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϰāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āĻŦāĻŋāύāϝāĻŧā§€

of minor significance, status, or rank
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The work was seen as low in prestige.
āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
13.1

āϜāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ, āĻ…āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ

(of art or culture) associated with popular, mass, or non-elite tastes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The show blends low comedy with satire.
āĻļā§‹āϟāĻŋ āϜāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŽā§‡āĻĄāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
14

āύāĻŋāϚ⧁, āĻ…āύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ•

lacking moral integrity or showing unethical behavior
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That was a low move, even for him.
āĻāϟāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āϚāĻžāϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻ“āĨ¤
15

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ

(of an opinion) expressing a negative view or low regard for something or someone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She spoke with low regard for their work.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
16

āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻ•āĻŽ āϞāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ

appearing in a way that avoids notice or prominence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He maintained a low presence in the media.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
17

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ

operating at a reduced pace or gear level
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He started in low gear to avoid slipping.
āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
18

āφāĻĻāĻŋāĻŽ, āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ

primitive or early in form, function, or evolution
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That insect is a low life form.
āϏ⧇āχ āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻĻāĻŋāĻŽ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āϰ⧂āĻĒāĨ¤
19

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āϏāϰāϞ

marked by simplicity or minimalism in religious practice or belief
Dialectbritish flagBritish
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ceremony had a low tone throughout.
āϏāĻŽāĻžāϰ⧋āĻšāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāϰāϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āĻ•āĻŽ

in or toward a physically low place, level, or posture
low definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The airplane flew low over the treetops.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āωāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
02

āύāĻŋāϚ⧁, āĻŦāĻŋāύāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇

in a reduced, degraded, or humbled condition socially, morally, or emotionally
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was once a great leader, but he fell low in the end.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύ āύ⧇āϤāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āύāĻŋāϚ⧁, āĻŽā§ƒāĻĻ⧁

with a sound that is deep or quiet in tone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He spoke low to keep the conversation private.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āϧ⧀āϰ⧇

with reduced loudness, brightness, or force
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lights were set low for a cozy atmosphere.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻŽ āϏ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āϏāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻ•āĻŽ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§‡

for a small amount of money or at a reduced price
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The house was purchased low during the recession.
āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧇āύāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ, āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ

the lowest forward gear in a vehicle, used for driving slowly, climbing hills, or towing heavy loads
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Driving in low helped control the truck on the descent.
āϞ⧋ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāĻšāĻŋāϞ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ

a point or level that is lower than others, especially in a negative context

nadir

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The temperature dropped to a record low last night.
āĻ—āϤ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ⧇ āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāϚāĻžāĻĒ, āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ

a region where atmospheric pressure is lower than the surrounding areas
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The forecast warns of a tropical low forming offshore.
āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāϏ⧇ āωāĻĒāϕ⧂āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇āϰ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ, āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻž

a condition of emotional downturn, sadness, or lack of motivation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was in a low and did n't want to talk to anyone.
āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ“ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻ—āϰ⧁āϰ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•, āĻ—āϰ⧁āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

the deep, drawn-out vocal sound produced by a cow or other bovine animal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We heard the distant low of cattle in the fog.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϕ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻļāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ—āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻļ⧁āϰ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĄāĻžāĻ• āĻļ⧁āύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a cow or bull) to make a deep, resonant sound
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A calf lowed for its mother from across the field.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϛ⧁āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĄāĻžāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

lowly
lowness
low
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