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Meaning of low

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  low
      adv 1: in a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung
             low"
      adj 1: less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low
             prices"; "the reservoir 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}, {low-toned}]
      4: unrefined in character; "low comedy"
      5: used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency [syn:
         {low}, {low-pitched}] [ant: {high}, {high-pitched}]
      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}, {low-down}, {miserable},
         {scummy}, {scurvy}]
      7: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a
         lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small
         beginnings" [syn: {humble}, {low}, {lowly}, {modest},
         {small}]
      8: no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are
         depleted" [syn: {depleted}, {low}]
      9: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low";
         "a broken man"; "his broken spirit" [syn: {broken},
         {crushed}, {humbled}, {humiliated}, {low}]
      10: filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the
          thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a
          gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the
          darkening mood"; "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:
          {gloomy}, {grim}, {blue}, {depressed}, {dispirited},
          {down(p)}, {downcast}, {downhearted}, {down in the mouth},
          {low}, {low-spirited}]
      n 1: an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;
           "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow" [syn:
           {low}, {depression}]
      2: British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who
         created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963) [syn: {Low},
         {David Low}, {Sir David Low}, {Sir David Alexander Cecil
         Low}]
      3: a low level or position or degree; "the stock market fell to
         a new low" [ant: {high}]
      4: 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}, {low}]
      v 1: make a low noise, characteristic of bovines [syn: {moo},
           {low}]

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