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say it: loh
low is an adjective, noun, verb and adverb meaning "less than normal in degree or intensity or amount". It is pronounced /ˈloʊ/ — loh. It carries 16 recorded senses.
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”
used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
subdued or brought low in condition or status
“brought low”
“a broken man”
“his broken spirit”
filled with melancholy and despondency
“gloomy at the thought of what he had to face”
“gloomy predictions”
“a gloomy silence”
“took a grim view of the economy”
“the darkening mood”
“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”
an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
“a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow”
British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
in a low position; near the ground
“the branches hung low”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for low come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.