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Low - Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.

Low - With a low musical pitch or tone.

Low - Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes.

Low - Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight.

Low - In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.

Low - A hill; a mound; a grave.

Low - To burn; to blaze.

Low - Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.

Low - Fire; a flame; a light.

Low - Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.

Low - Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison.

Low - Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.

Low - In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.

Low - With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low.

Low - Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.

Low - To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.

Low - Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet.

Low - Submissive; humble.

Low - Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.

Low - To depress; to lower.

Low - Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.

Low - Numerically small; as, a low number.

Low - In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice.

Low - Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.

Low - strong imp. of Laugh.

Low - In time approaching our own.

Low - Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.

Low - Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low.

Low - Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.

Low - The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.

Low - The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.

Low - In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.

Low - Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence.

Low - Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.

Low - Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, / (/m), / (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 10, 11.


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