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What is the adjective for lowing?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs low and lower which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

low
  1. Situated not far above, or even situated below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
    1. Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.
    2. (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.
  2. Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
  3. Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
  4. Humble, meek, not haughty.
  5. Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
  6. Being a nadir, a bottom.
  7. Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
  8. Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
  9. Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
    1. Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
    2. Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
  10. (biology) Simple in complexity or development; (in several set phrases) favoring simplicity; see e.g. low church, Low Tory.
  11. (in several set phrases) Being near the equator.
  12. (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
  13. Quiet; soft; not loud.
  14. (phonetics) 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.
  15. (card game) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
  16. (archaic) Not rich, seasoned, or nourishing; plain, simple.
  17. (of an automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
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  19. Examples:
    1. “He couldn't help feeling a little awkward sitting on the low stool that was obviously made for kids.”
      “The species can be found on sand, clay, and loam, among low open woodland and in shrubland.”
      “The book you're looking for is on the low shelf of the bookcase.”
lowly
  1. Not high; not elevated in place; low.
  2. Low in rank or social importance.
  3. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
  4. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Ah well, at least I can get a concession ticket now, thanks to my lowly student status.”
      “At the sound of the Abbot's authoritative voice, the lowly servants froze on the spot.”
      “Li had hated him so much in her heart that she was unwilling even to agree to such a lowly request.”
lower
  1. comparative form of low: more low
  2. bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object
  3. (geology, of strata or geological time periods) older
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The book you're looking for is on the lower shelf of the cabinet.”
      “The first-line or lower manager is most concerned with the performance of his or her immediate work unit.”
      “You may have to accept a lower price given the lack of interest.”
lowsome
  1. Characterised by lowness; marked by low status, quantity, or degree; lowish; lowly
  2. Examples:
    1. “When this lowsome rank, of which I'm one, hope to talk unthunk, sans garden, to You whose laughter at my wits supposedly laughs love?”
lowering
  1. That lowers or frowns.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Don Francisco Guerrero finally dropped his engraved sword so he could clutch the thick, bloody wood with both hands as his eyes glazed over, staring sightless at the lowering sky.”
      “A lowering expression of hatred replaced the scorn that had hitherto distorted her passionate features.”
lowerable
  1. that can be lowered
lowish
  1. Somewhat low.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Some ridges again are quite bare, as that lowish one between Mounts Jacka and Muhassoo.”
      “Since no eyes are desired in the cheeses, they are ripened in a moist cellar at a lowish temperature.”
      “So there are potentially dangers of treating men with slightly lowish testosterone levels with testosterone because you can actually cause damage by doing that.”
lowermost
  1. lowest
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The various datolite-bearing lodes are described stratigraphically from the uppermost to the lowermost lode in the series.”
      “The lowermost layer was very soft, crumbly yellow sandstone that would fall apart in your hands with enough pressure.”
      “The lowermost deposit in an accumulation is the indicator of the oldest event, or period, in the depositional record.”
lowlier
  1. comparative form of lowly: more lowly
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “While the oil-rich sheikhs and Saudi princes are treated like, well, royalty, what are those lowlier types in business and economy class eating?”
      “So investors have turned, in part, to corporate debt, and increasingly to lowlier rated bonds that provide the best returns.”
      “Onochie's injury put a dampener on a good result for the Terrors, who kept their first clean sheet of the season with a 3-0 win over their lowlier opponents.”
lowliest
  1. superlative form of lowly: most lowly
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “One alpha male rules the group, and there is a strict pecking order all the way down to the lowliest monkey, who is picked on by everyone.”
      “Even the lowliest creatures ensure they have a decent home before they start breeding.”
      “Relegated to play for some of the league's lowliest franchises over his career, all he has asked for is a chance.”
lowest
  1. superlative form of low: most low
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The decision to move the news section to the lowest portion of the page, I believe, was bad.”
      “I try to play my radio at the lowest volume so as not to annoy the neighbors.”
      “Ned Fulton scaled the lowest wall of the Alamo, dropped into the darkness, and ran.”
lowed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of low
  2. Synonyms:
lowing
  1. present participle of low
  2. Synonyms:
lowered
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