low

/lou/
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low

The sun hangs low in the late afternoon sky.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Not high or tall; having a small distance from the bottom to the top: Used to describe physical height or elevation.
    • Below average in amount, extent, or intensity: Used for quantities, levels, degrees, or volume.
    • Of inferior rank, quality, or character: Describing something considered humble, modest, or contemptible.
    • Depressed or dejected in mood: Feeling sad, gloomy, or lacking in spirit.
    • Deep in pitch: Used to describe a sound or voice that is not high.

  2. Noun:

    • A low point, level, or figure: The smallest or least amount recorded or possible.
    • An area of low atmospheric pressure; a depression: A meteorological term.
    • The gear used for starting or slow speeds in a vehicle: The first or slowest gear.

  3. Verb:

    • To make the deep sound characteristic of cattle; to moo.

  4. Adverb:

    • At or to a low position, level, or degree: Near the ground or below average.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • The plane flew at a low altitude. (Describing small height)
    • We have low supplies of water. (Describing small amount)
    • He comes from a low social background. (Describing inferior rank)
    • She's been feeling very low since her friend moved away. (Describing depressed mood)
    • He spoke in a low, calm voice. (Describing deep pitch)

  • Noun:

    • The temperature reached a record low last night. (A low point)
    • A low is approaching from the west, bringing rain. (A weather system)
    • Put the car in low to climb the steep hill. (A gear)

  • Verb:

    • The cows low in the field at dusk.

  • Adverb:

    • The branches of the willow tree hung low over the water.
Advanced Usage

  • "to be brought low": to be reduced in status, health, or fortune.

    • The once-powerful king was brought low by illness and betrayal.

  • "to lie low": to hide or keep a low profile to avoid attention.

    • After the scandal, the politician decided to lie low for a few months.

  • "to have a low opinion of": to think poorly of someone or something.

    • I'm afraid I have a very low opinion of his professional ethics.
Variants and Related Words
  • Lower (verb, adjective): comparative form of 'low'; to reduce or make something lower.
    • Please lower your voice.
  • Lowly (adjective): humble in status or manner.
    • He rose from lowly origins to become CEO.
  • Low-down (adjective, informal): mean, unfair, or contemptible.
    • That was a low-down trick to play on a friend.
Synonyms
  • Short (for height)
  • Small, Reduced (for amount)
  • Inferior, Humble (for status)
  • Depressed, Downcast (for mood)
  • Deep, Bass (for sound)
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Low-key (adjective): restrained, modest, or not elaborate.
    • We're having a low-key celebration at home this year.
  • Run low (on) (verb phrase): to have a diminishing supply of something.
    • We are running low on printer paper.
Related Idioms
  • At an all-time low: at the worst level ever recorded.
    • Morale in the office is at an all-time low.
  • High and low: everywhere.
    • I've searched high and low for my keys.
  • Stoop low (to do something): to behave in an immoral or dishonorable way to achieve something.
    • I never thought he would stoop so low as to steal from his own family.
low

The sun hangs low in the late afternoon sky.

Adjective
  1. 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
  2. subdued or brought low in condition or status
    • brought low
    • a broken man
    • his broken spirit
  3. no longer sufficient
    • supplies are low
    • our funds are depleted
  4. low or inferior in station or quality
    • a humble cottage
    • a lowly parish priest
    • a modest man of the people
    • small beginnings
  5. 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
  6. used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
  7. unrefined in character
    • low comedy
  8. very low in volume
    • a low murmur
    • the low-toned murmur of the surf
  9. 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
  10. less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
    • low prices
    • the reservoir is low
Noun
  1. the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
  2. a low level or position or degree
    • the stock market fell to a new low
  3. British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
  4. an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
    • a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow
Verb
  1. make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
Adverb
  1. in a low position; near the ground
    • the branches hung low

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