low
adj 1: less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low
prices"; "the reservoire is low" [ant: {high}]
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" [ant: {high}]
3: very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of
the surf" [syn: {low-toned}]
4: unrefined in character; "low comedy"
5: used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency [syn: {low-pitched}]
[ant: {high}]
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" [syn: {abject}, {low-down},
{miserable}, {scummy}, {scurvy}]
7: outgoing; "ebb tide"; "low tide" [syn: {ebb(a)}] [ant: {flood(a)}]
8: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage";
"a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people";
"small beginnings" [syn: {humble}, {lowly}, {modest}, {small}]
9: no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are
depleted" [syn: {depleted}]
10: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought
low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit" [syn: {broken},
{crushed}, {humbled}, {humiliated}]
11: low in spirits; "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" [syn: {blue},
{depressed}, {dispirited}, {down(p)}, {downcast}, {downhearted},
{low-spirited}]
12: being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first
gear on steep hills" [syn: {first}]
n 1: an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;
"a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
[syn: {low pressure}, {depression}]
2: a low level or position or degree: "the stock market fell to
a new low" [ant: {high}]
3: the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor
vehicle; used to start a car moving [syn: {first gear}, {first},
{low gear}]
adv : in a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung low"
v : make a low noise, characteristic of bovines [syn: {moo}]