low

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▶adjective

• 1 of less than average height.

  ■ situated not far above the ground, horizon, etc.

  ■ (of latitude) near the equator.

  ■ (of women's clothing) cut so as to reveal the upper part of the breasts.

• 2 below average in amount, extent, or intensity: a low income.

• 3 lacking importance, prestige, or quality; inferior: training was given low priority.

  ■ unscrupulous or dishonest.

  ■ unfavourable: a low opinion.

• 4 (of a sound or note) having a frequency at the bottom end of the auditory range; deep.

• 5 depressed or lacking energy.

• 6 Phonetics (of a vowel) open.

▶noun

• 1 a low point, level, or figure.

• 2 an area of low barometric pressure.

▶adverb

• 1 in or into a low position or state.

• 2 in a low voice or at a low pitch.

– derivatives
lowish adjective,
lowness noun.

– origin ME: from ON lágr, of Gmc origin; rel. to lie1.

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low2

▶verb (of a cow) moo. ▶noun a moo.

– origin OE hlōwan, of Gmc origin.