low

Etymology 1
From, , , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, obsolete 🇨🇬. More at lie.

Adjective

 * 1) Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
 * 2) Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.
 * 3)  Below the batter's knees.
 * 4) Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
 * 5) * 1607 (edition of 1967), Edward Topsell, The history of four-footed beasts:
 * It is a little low hearb
 * 1) * 1911(?), Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage, page 13:
 * "Now you mention her, I do remember the young lady," said Mrs. Grantly; "a dark girl, very low, and without much figure. She seemed to me to keep very much in the background."
 * 1) Low-cut.
 * 2) Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality.
 * 3) Humble, meek, not haughty.
 * 4) Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
 * She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs.
 * 1) Being a nadir, a bottom.
 * 2) Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
 * 3) Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
 * 4)  Having few hit points remaining; damaged.
 * 5) Dead.
 * 6) Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
 * 7) Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
 * 8) Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
 * 9)  Simple in complexity or development.
 * 10)  Favoring simplicity (see e.g., Low Tory).
 * 11)  Being near the equator.
 * 12)  Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
 * 13) Quiet; soft; not loud.
 * 14)  Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
 * 15)  Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
 * 16)  Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.
 * 17)  Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
 * 1) Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
 * 2) Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
 * 3)  Having few hit points remaining; damaged.
 * 4) Dead.
 * 5) Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
 * 6) Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
 * 7) Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
 * 8)  Simple in complexity or development.
 * 9)  Favoring simplicity (see e.g., Low Tory).
 * 10)  Being near the equator.
 * 11)  Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
 * 12) Quiet; soft; not loud.
 * 13)  Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
 * 14)  Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
 * 15)  Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.
 * 16)  Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
 * 1) Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
 * 2)  Simple in complexity or development.
 * 3)  Favoring simplicity (see e.g., Low Tory).
 * 4)  Being near the equator.
 * 5)  Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
 * 6) Quiet; soft; not loud.
 * 7)  Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
 * 8)  Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
 * 9)  Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.
 * 10)  Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
 * 1)  Being near the equator.
 * 2)  Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
 * 3) Quiet; soft; not loud.
 * 4)  Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
 * 5)  Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
 * 6)  Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.
 * 7)  Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
 * 1)  Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
 * 2)  Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
 * 3)  Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.
 * 4)  Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
 * 1)  Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
 * 2)  Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.
 * 3)  Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
 * 1)  Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
 * 1)  Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.

Synonyms

 * nether, underslung
 * short, small
 * blue, depressed, down, miserable, sad, unhappy, gloomy
 * reduced, devalued, low-level
 * low-pitched, deep, flat
 * low-toned, soft
 * immoral, abject, scummy, scurvy

Antonyms

 * high
 * tall

Related terms

 * below

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مُنْخَفِض
 * Egyptian Arabic: واطي
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: түбән, тәпәш
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: နိမ့်သေ
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: ubos
 * Chamicuro: c̈hijtawa
 * Chechen: лоха
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Dungan: ди
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: malalta
 * Estonian:
 * Evenki: нэптэкун
 * Extremaduran: bahu
 * Fala: baxiu
 * Faroese: lágur
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: დაბალი
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ταπεινός, χθαμαλός
 * Guaraní:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: matala, matalain
 * Ingush: лохе
 * Interlingua: basse
 * Irish: íseal
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: baxu, bóxe
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نزم
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lak: лагьну
 * Lao: ຕ່ຳ
 * Latgalian: zams
 * Latin: humilis
 * Latvian: zems
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lombard:
 * Macedonian: низок
 * Malay:
 * Manchu: ᡶᡝᠴᡠᡥᡠᠨ
 * Maranao: mababa'
 * Nanai: нэктэ
 * Neapolitan: vascio
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: låg
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: niþerlīċ
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: läach
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Rohingya: niso
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:, नीचै
 * Scottish Gaelic: ìosal, ìseal
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: низак
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: nízky
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: niski
 * Southern Altai: јабыс
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: mababa
 * Tajik:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian:, невисо́кий
 * Urdu: نیچا
 * Uyghur: پەس
 * Uzbek:, boʻyi
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: נידעריק


 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: тәпәш
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro: c̈hijtawa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Irish: íseal
 * Italian:
 * Kabuverdianu: baxu, bóxe
 * Khmer:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نزم
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin: humilis
 * Latvian: zems
 * Old Portuguese: baixo
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ìosal, ìseal
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: низак
 * Roman:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, невисо́кий


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Maori: hāro
 * Swedish:


 * Azerbaijani:, , kədərli
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: nede
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: στα κάτω μου,
 * Khmer:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: bêmad
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, , , de capa caída
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Latvian: zems
 * Ukrainian:, невисо́кий


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: mārū
 * Russian: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Kabuverdianu: baxu, bóxe
 * Russian: ,


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ταπεινός
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: គួរឲ្យស្អប់
 * Latvian: zemisks, zems
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ;
 * French:


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 * Finnish:

Noun

 * 1) A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
 * Unemployment has reached a ten-year low.
 * 1) The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
 * Today's low was 32 °F.
 * 1) A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.
 * He is in a low right now.  the highs and lows of bipolar disorder
 * 1)  An area of low pressure; a depression.
 * A deep low is centred over the British Isles.
 * 1) 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.
 * 1)  The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
 * 2)  A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.
 * He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low.
 * Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour.
 * 1)  The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
 * 2)  A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.
 * He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low.

Translations

 * Esperanto: malaltejo
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, basse pression
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:
 * Norwegian: lågtrykksområde
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: lågtrykk


 * Bulgarian: първа скорост
 * Finnish:, ykkösvaihde
 * French:
 * Greek:

Adverb

 * 1) Close to the ground.
 * 2) Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
 * 3) With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
 * 4) Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
 * 5) In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
 * 6) In a time approaching our own.
 * 7)  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.
 * The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
 * 1) In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
 * 2) In a time approaching our own.
 * 3)  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.
 * The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
 * 1)  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.
 * The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Latvian: zemu, zemi
 * Navajo: wóyah
 * Portuguese:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: nisko
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Latvian: zemu, zemi
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Latvian: zemu, zemi
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: halvalla

Verb

 * 1)  To lower; to make low.
 * 2) * 1654 (edition of 1762), Andrew Gray, The Works of [...] Andrew Gray [Edited by R. Trail and J. Stirling], page 112:
 * I shall only say this, that all the other graces must low the sail to faith, and so it is faith must carry us through, being that last triumphing grace,
 * 1) * 1661 (edition of 1885), Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: [...] Vanity of Dogmatizing, page 85:
 * Now to use these as Hypotheseis, as himself in his Word, is pleas'd to low himself to our capacities, is allowable:

Etymology 2
From, from , first and third person singular preterite of. More at.

Etymology 3
From, from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, dialectal 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at claim.

Verb

 * 1)  To moo.

Etymology 4
From, , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at leye, light.

Alternative forms

 * lowe

Noun

 * 1)  A flame; fire; blaze.

Verb

 * 1)  To burn; to blaze.
 * 2) * 1724 (edition of 1788), Allan Ramsay, The Tea-Table Miscellany, page 23:
 * Driest wood will eithest low,

Etymology 5
From, , from. Obsolete by the 19th century, survives in toponymy as -low.

Alternative forms

 * lawe

Noun

 * 1)   Barrow, mound, tumulus.
 * 2)  A hill.
 * 1)  A hill.

Etymology 6
.

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  Of low stature; uncivilized; uncouth.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Verb

 * 1) to allow, permit
 * 2) to justify