| Sounds | low' | |
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| Rhymes | afterglow ... yellow: 77 rhymes with low... | |
| Meaning | less than normal in degree or intensity or amount. | |
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| Attribute of | degree, grade, level | A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality |
| Narrower | debased, devalued, degraded | Lowered in value |
| depressed, down | Lower than previously | |
| low-level | not intense | |
| reduced, rock-bottom | Well below normal (especially in price) | |
| See also | inferior | Of or characteristic of low rank or importance |
| Opposite | high | Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount |
| Spanish | bajo | |
| Catalan | baix | |
| Nouns | lowness | a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.) |
| Meaning | Literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension. | |
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| Attribute of | height, tallness | The vertical dimension of extension |
| Narrower | deep | With head or back bent low |
| low-growing, flat-growing, ground-hugging | Of plants that grow relatively low to the ground | |
| low-level, low-altitude | Occurring at a relatively low altitude | |
| low-lying | Having a small elevation above the ground or horizon or sea level | |
| lowset, low-set | Lower than average | |
| nether, under | Located below or beneath something else | |
| squat, underslung | Having a low center of gravity | |
| See also | down | Being or moving lower in position or less in some value |
| inferior | Of or characteristic of low rank or importance | |
| short, little | Low in stature | |
| Opposite | high | (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like 'knee-high') |
| Spanish | bajo | |
| Catalan | baix | |
| Nouns | lowness | the quality of being low |
| Meaning | Very low in volume. | |
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| Synonym | low-toned | |
| Broader | soft | (of sound) relatively low in volume |
| Spanish | bajo | |
| Catalan | baix | |
| Nouns | lowness | a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.) |
| Meaning | unrefined in character. | |
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| Example | "low comedy" | |
| Broader | unrefined | (used of persons and their behavior) not refined |
| Spanish | bajo | |
| Nouns | lowness | a position of inferior status |
| Meaning | Used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency. | |
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| Synonym | low-pitched | |
| Attribute of | pitch | The property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration |
| Narrower | alto, contralto | Of or being the lowest female voice |
| baritone | Lower in range than tenor and higher than bass | |
| bass, deep | Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range | |
| contrabass, double-bass | pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range | |
| throaty | sounding as if pronounced low in the throat | |
| Opposite | high, high-pitched | Used of sounds and voices |
| Spanish | bajo, grave | |
| Catalan | baix, greu | |
| Nouns | lowness | a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.) |
| Meaning | Of the most contemptible kind. | |
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| Synonyms | abject, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy | |
| Broader | contemptible | Deserving of contempt / contempt or scorn |
| Spanish | abyecto, bajo, despreciable, miserable, vil | |
| Catalan | abjecte, baix, despreciable, miserable, vil | |
| Meaning | Low or inferior in station or quality. | |
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| Example | "a lowly parish priest" | |
| Synonyms | humble, lowly, modest, small | |
| Broader | inferior | Of or characteristic of low rank or importance |
| Spanish | humilde, modesto, pequeño, sencillo | |
| Catalan | humil, modest, petit, senzill | |
| Nouns | lowness | a position of inferior status |
| Meaning | no longer sufficient. | |
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| Example | "supplies are low" | |
| Synonym | depleted | |
| Broader | insufficient, deficient | Of a quantity not able to fulfill / fulfill a need or requirement |
| Spanish | agotado | |
| Catalan | esgotat, exhaurit | |
| Nouns | lowness | a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.) |
| Meaning | subdued or brought low in condition or status. | |
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| Example | "brought low" | |
| Synonyms | broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated | |
| Broader | humble | marked by meekness or modesty |
| Spanish | bajo, humillado | |
| Catalan | baix, humiliat | |
| Nouns | lowness | a feeling of low spirits |
| Meaning | Filled with melancholy and despondency. | |
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| Synonyms | gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low-spirited | |
| Broader | dejected | affected or marked by low spirits |
| Spanish | bajo, decaído, deprimida, deprimido, desalentado, desanimado | |
| Catalan | abatut, aclaparat, alacaigut, capbaix, capmoix, deprimit, desanimat, descoratjat, pansit | |
| Nouns | lowness | a feeling of low spirits |
| Meaning | An air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation. | |
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| Example | "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow" | |
| Synonym | depression | |
| Part of | cyclone | (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center |
| Broader | air mass | A large body of air with uniform / uniform characteristics / characteristics horizontally |
| Spanish | bajas presiones, depresión | |
| Catalan | baixes pressions, depressió | |
| Meaning | British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963). | |
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| Synonyms | David Low, Sir David Low, Sir David Alexander Cecil Low | |
| Instance of | cartoonist | A person who draws cartoons |
| Spanish | David Low | |
| Meaning | A low level or position or degree. | |
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| Example | "the stock market fell to a new low" | |
| Broader | degree, grade, level | A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality |
| Opposite | high | A lofty level or position or degree |
| Meaning | The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving. | |
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| Synonyms | first gear, first, low gear | |
| Part of | car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar | A motor vehicle with four wheels |
| Broader | gear, gear mechanism | A mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) |
| Spanish | primera | |
| Catalan | primera | |
| Meaning | In a low position; near the ground. | |
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| Example | "the branches hung low" | |
| Catalan | baix | |
| Meaning | make a low noise, characteristic of bovines. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | moo | |
| Broader | utter, emit, let out, let loose | Express audibly |
| Spanish | mugir | |
| Catalan | bramular, braolar, bruelar, mugir | |
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