Word Finder - low

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Something that is low; a low point.

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Economic growth has hit a new low.

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The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.

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Unemployment has reached a ten-year low.

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A depressed mood or situation.

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He is in a low right now

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An area of low pressure; a depression.

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A deep low is centred over the British Isles.

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The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.

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Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour.

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

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(slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.

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He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low.

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To depress; to lower.

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Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.

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a low wall a low shelf

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Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.

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a low bow

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Not high in status, esteem or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)

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Now that was low even for you!

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Humble, meek, not haughty.

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Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.

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She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs.

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Being a nadir, a bottom.

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the low point in her career

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Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.

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low spirits

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Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.

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a low pulse

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Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).

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My credit union charges a low interest rate.   Jogging during a whiteout, with such low temperatures and low visibility, is dangerous.   The store sold bread at low prices, and milk at even lower prices.   The contractors gave a low estimate of the costs.   low cholesterol   a low voltage wire   a low number

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Simple in complexity or development; (in several set phrases) favoring simplicity; (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).

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low protozoan animals, low cryptogamic plants, and other low organisms

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(in several set phrases) Being near the equator.

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the low northern latitudes

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(acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.

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Generally, European men have lower voices than their Indian counterparts.

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Quiet; soft; not loud.

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They spoke in low voices so I would not hear what they were saying.

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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.

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Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.

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a low card

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Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.

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(of an automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.

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low gear

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Close to the ground.

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Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.

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With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.

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to speak low

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Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.

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He sold his wheat low.

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In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.

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In a time approaching our own.

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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.

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The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.

His voice was low and gentle.

His voice was low and husky.

The clouds were low and moving fast.

Anyway, I was lucky it was a low cliff and that Yancey found me before a bear did.

All were silent or talked in low tones.

The men guffawed until Davis's voice broke in, low and steady.

His voice was soft and low.

A low rumble brought her attention to the horizon.

They were running low on water, so it was a dry camp.

As soon as the mother entered the house, he pocketed the phone, scaled the fence at a low corner, crossed to the surprised boy in a few steps, and placed a rag over his face.

Just then a loud cackling was heard outside; and, when a servant threw open the door with a low bow, a yellow hen strutted in.

The singing in the kitchen was ended, the fire had burned low, and each man had gone to his place.

His chuckle was low and soft.

Across the lake, the beginning glow of from the late summer sun broke through the low clouds, signaling an end to the rain.

It was low and gravelly with an edge of huskiness.

May I? he added in a low voice so as not to disturb the vicomte who was continuing his story.

The car was six years old now, but it was in good shape and still had low mileage.

His laugh was low, and she could imagine his mocking expression.

Testing her ankle in a pair of low heels, she nodded silent approval and hurried down the hall.

This time they started out heading west, into a maze of arroyos and low brush.

The voice was low and quiet.

The low shrub oak plateau to which the opposite shore arose stretched away toward the prairies of the West and the steppes of Tartary, affording ample room for all the roving families of men.

Quinn, absent Howie, was just another low level scientist.

He turned the lights in her room on low and set her down on the trunk at the bottom of her bed.

She tensed at his low voice.

His low growl vibrated against her.

The low purr was firm.

If his sudden stillness wasn't a warning, his purr turned to a low, lethal growl.

Just then a man came running into the hall and addressed the Prince after making a low bow.

The wolf gave a low growl and made ready to meet him.

Al Farra bowed low, but said nothing; and the caliph went on.

Did I tell you in my last letter that I had a new dress, a real party dress with low neck and short sleeves and quite a train?

The best works of art are the expression of man's struggle to free himself from this condition, but the effect of our art is merely to make this low state comfortable and that higher state to be forgotten.

It chanced that I walked that way across the fields the following night, about the same hour, and hearing a low moaning at this spot, I drew near in the dark, and discovered the only survivor of the family that I know, the heir of both its virtues and its vices, who alone was interested in this burning, lying on his stomach and looking over the cellar wall at the still smouldering cinders beneath, muttering to himself, as is his wont.

So high as heaved the tumid hills, so low Down sunk a hollow bottom broad and deep, Capacious bed of waters.

The marsh hawk, sailing low over the meadow, is already seeking the first slimy life that awakes.

And he left the room, followed by the low but ringing laughter of the sister with the mole.

Several times his head dropped low as if it were falling and he dozed off.

His laugh was soft and low.

His threat was a low growl.

The low purr in his chest was audible.

The Dark One's low growl made Deidre blink.

She slumped against the low wall, propping up her elbows and covering her face.

The growl low in her chest sounded more like a rattle.

The mine tunnel narrowed and the pair was forced to hunch down under the low ceiling that closed in the fetid air around them like a soaked and musty blanket.

Even with Cynthia's tiny height she was required to stoop to avoid the low ceiling.

As they moved forward Dean stumbled when his back pack caught on a particularly low place.

His voice was low.

Your standards are low.

Mrs. Cummings, I think, suspects, though low health now keeps her to her bed and back, except for bodily duties, and to sit up for soup and toast a time or two a day.