noun
- Something that is low; a low point.
- The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.
- A depressed mood or situation.
- An area of low pressure; a depression.
- The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
- The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
- (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
verb
- To depress; to lower.
adjective
- Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
- Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- Not high in status, esteem or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
- Humble, meek, not haughty.
- Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
- Being a nadir, a bottom.
- Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
- Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
- Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- Simple in complexity or development; (in several set phrases) favoring simplicity; (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).
- (in several set phrases) Being near the equator.
- (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
- Quiet; soft; not loud.
- Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
- Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
- Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.
- (of an automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
Synonyms: blue, depressed, down, gloomy, miserable, sad, unhappy, abject, immoral, scummy, scurvy, nether, underslung, devalued, low-level, reduced, low-toned, soft, deep, flat, low-pitched, short, small
adverb
- Close to the ground.
- Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
- With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
- Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
- In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
- In a time approaching our own.
- In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.
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