Meaning of 'low'

adverb

in a low position

adjective

filled with melancholy and despondency

Synonyms: grim gloomy blue depressed dispirited down downcast downhearted down in the mouth low-spirited

adjective

of the most contemptible kind

Synonyms: miserable scummy abject low-down scurvy

adjective

literal meanings

adjective

less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

Example: "low prices"

adjective

used of sounds and voices

Example: "low in pitch or frequency"

Synonyms: high

adjective

very low in volume

Example: "a low murmur"

Synonyms: low-toned

adjective

subdued or brought low in condition or status

Example: "brought low"

Synonyms: humiliated broken crushed humbled

adjective

unrefined in character

Example: "low comedy"

adjective

no longer sufficient

Example: "supplies are low"

Synonyms: depleted

adjective

low or inferior in station or quality

Synonyms: small

noun

the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle

Synonyms: first

noun

a low level or position or degree

Example: "the stock market fell to a new low"

noun

an air mass of lower pressure

Synonyms: depression

verb

make a low noise, characteristic of bovines

Synonyms: moo