lower
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Definitions oflower
- Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
Example: "a low wall a low shelf"
- Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
Example: "a low bow"
- Not high in status, esteem or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
Example: "Now that was low even for you!"
- Humble, meek, not haughty.
- Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
Example: "She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs."
- Being a nadir, a bottom.
Example: "the low point in her career"
- Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
Example: "low spirits"
- Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
Example: "a low pulse"
- Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
Example: "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"
- Simple in complexity or development; (in several set phrases) favoring simplicity; (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).
Example: "low protozoan animals, low cryptogamic plants, and other low organisms"
- (in several set phrases) Being near the equator.
Example: "the low northern latitudes"
- (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
Example: "Generally, European men have lower voices than their Indian counterparts."
- Quiet; soft; not loud.
Example: "They spoke in low voices so I would not hear what they were saying."
- 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.
- Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
Example: "a low card"
- Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.
- (of an automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
Example: "low gear"
- Close to the ground.
- Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
- With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
Example: "to speak low"
- Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
Example: "He sold his wheat low."
- In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
- In a time approaching our own.
- 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.
Example: "The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian."
- To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
Example: "lower a bucket into a well"
- To pull down
Example: "to lower a flag"
- To reduce the height of
Example: "lower a chimney or turret"
- To depress as to direction
Example: "lower the aim of a gun"
- To make less elevated
Example: "to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes"
- To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
Example: "lower distilled liquors"
- To bring down; to humble
Example: "lower one's pride"
- (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
Example: "I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes."
- To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
Example: "lower the interest rate"
- To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
Example: "The river lowered as rapidly as it rose."
- To decrease in value, amount, etc.
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