low
A low point or position, literally or figurativelyA low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
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10 sensesA period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.
He is in a low right now. the highs and lows of bipolar disorder
(informal)An area of low pressure; a depression.
A deep low is centred over the British Isles.
Tief, Tiefdruckgebiet
The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour.
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A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.
Economic growth has hit a new low.
A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
Today's low was 32 °F.
A cold one out there today, with lows reaching 33 degrees.
The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
(slang, usually)A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.
He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low.
(Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal)A flame; fire; blaze.
(archaic, obsolete)Barrow, mound, tumulus.
(Scottish, archaic, dialectal)A hill.
- British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
- a low level or position or degree
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
Origin
From Middle English lah, loue, from Old Norse lágr (“low”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“lFrom Middle English lah, loue, from Old Norse lágr (“low”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“low; flat”), from *ligjaną (“to lie; to lead”), from Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti (“to be lying down”), from *legʰ- (“to lie”).
From Middle English lowe, loghe, from Old Norse logi (“fire, flame, sword”), from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”).
From Middle English lowe, from Old English hlāw, hlǣw (“burial mound”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw. Obsolete by the 19th century, survives in toponymy as -low.
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plural: lowsSynonyms
7 synonyms- British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963):David LowSir David LowSir David Alexander Cecil Low
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation:depression
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving:first gearfirstlow gear
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