low (
http://definr.com/low)
adj 1: less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low
prices"; "the reservoire is low" [ant:
high]
2: 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" [ant:
high]
3: very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of
the surf" [syn:
low-toned]
4: unrefined in character; "low comedy"
5: used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency [syn:
low-pitched]
[ant:
high]
6: 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" [syn:
abject,
low-down,
miserable,
scummy,
scurvy]
7: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage";
"a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people";
"small beginnings" [syn:
humble,
lowly,
modest,
small]
8: no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are
depleted" [syn:
depleted]
9: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought
low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit" [syn:
broken,
crushed,
humbled,
humiliated]
10: 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" [syn:
blue,
depressed,
dispirited,
down(p),
downcast,
downhearted,
down in the mouth,
low-spirited]
11: being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first
gear on steep hills" [syn:
first]
n 1: an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;
"a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
[syn:
low pressure,
depression]
2: British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who
created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963) [syn:
Low,
David Low,
Sir David Alexander Cecil Low]
3: a low level or position or degree: "the stock market fell to
a new low" [ant:
high]
4: the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor
vehicle; used to start a car moving [syn:
first gear,
first,
low gear]
adv : in a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung low"
v : make a low noise, characteristic of bovines [syn:
moo]