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What does low mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word low? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  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.
Noun
  1. Something that is low; a low point.
  2. A depressed mood or situation.
  3. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
  4. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
  5. (card game) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
  6. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
Adverb
  1. Close to the ground.
  2. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
  3. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
  4. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
  5. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
  6. In a time approaching our own.
  7. (astronomy) 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.
Verb
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To depress; to lower.
Verb
  1. obsolete simple past tense of laugh.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To moo.
Noun
  1. (countable, Britain, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
Verb
  1. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To burn; to blaze.
Noun
  1. (archaic or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus.
  2. (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.
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