Low

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- strong imp. of Laugh.

II. Low ·noun Fire; a flame; a light.

III. Low ·superl Submissive; humble.

IV. Low ·noun A hill; a mound; a grave.

V. Low ·adv In time approaching our own.

VI. Low ·adv With a low musical pitch or tone.

VII. Low ·superl Numerically small; as, a low number.

VIII. Low ·adv In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.

IX. Low ·superl Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.

X. Low ·superl Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.

XI. Low ·vi To Burn; to Blaze.

XII. Low ·superl Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.

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

XIV. Low ·noun The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.

XV. Low ·vt To Depress; to Lower.

XVI. Low ·noun The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.

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

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

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

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

XXI. Low ·superl Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison.

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

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

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

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

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

XXVII. Low ·superl Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.

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

XXIX. Low ·superl Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.

XXX. Low ·vi To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to Moo.

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

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

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

XXXIV. Low ·superl 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.

XXXV. Low ·adv 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.

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