Meaning & Definition of Low in English

1. An air mass of lower pressure

• Often brings precipitation

• "A low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"

2. British political cartoonist (born in new zealand) who created the character colonel blimp (1891-1963)

3. A low level or position or degree

• "The stock market fell to a new low"

4. The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle

• Used to start a car moving

1. Make a low noise, characteristic of bovines

1. Less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

• "Low prices"

• "The reservoir is low"

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"

3. Very low in volume

• "A low murmur"

• "The low-toned murmur of the surf"

4. Unrefined in character

• "Low comedy"

5. Used of sounds and voices

• Low in pitch or frequency

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"

7. Low or inferior in station or quality

• "A humble cottage"

• "A lowly parish priest"

• "A modest man of the people"

• "Small beginnings"

8. No longer sufficient

• "Supplies are low"

• "Our funds are depleted"

9. Subdued or brought low in condition or status

• "Brought low"

• "A broken man"

• "His broken spirit"

10. 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"

1. In a low position

• Near the ground

• "The branches hung low"