low
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English lowe, lohe, lāh, from Old Norse lāgr (“low”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“lying, flat, situated near the ground, low”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Cognate with Scots laich (“low”), Low German leg (“low, feeble, bad”), Danish lav (“low”), Icelandic lágur (“low”), West Frisian leech (“low”), North Frisian leeg, liig (“low”), Dutch laag (“low”), German läge (“lying, low”). More at lie.
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low (comparative lower, superlative lowest)
- In a position comparatively close to the ground.
- Small in height.
- Depressed, sad.
- In an amount nearest to zero, such as low prices.
- Of a pitch, suggesting a lower frequency.
- Generally, European men have lower voices than their Indian counterparts.
- Of a loudness, suggesting a lower amplitude.
- They spoke in low voices so I would not hear what they were saying.
- Despicable.
- Now that was low even for you!
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- (in a position comparatively close to the ground): nether, underslung
- (small in height): short, small
- (depressed): blue, depressed, down, miserable, sad, unhappy
- (in an amount nearest to zero, such as low prices): reduced, devalued, low-level
- (of a pitch, suggesting a lower frequency): low-pitched, deep, flat
- (of a loudness, suggesting a lower amplitude): low-toned, soft
- (despicable thing to do): immoral, abject, scummy, scurvy
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- (in a position comparatively close to the ground): high
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[edit] Noun
low (plural lows)
- Something that is low.
- You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.
- Economic growth has hit a new low.
- A depressed mood or situation.
- He is in a low right now
- (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
- The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
- Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour.
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[edit] Adverb
low (comparative lower, superlative lowest)
- Closely to the ground.
- Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
- Of a loudness, at a lower amplitude.
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Middle English, from Old English hlōg, preterite of hliehhan (“to laugh”). More at laugh.
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low
- obsolete simple past tense of laugh.
[edit] Etymology 3
From Middle English lowen (“to low”), from Old English hlōwan (“to low, bellow, roar”), from Proto-Germanic *hlōanan (“to call, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kale-, *klā-, *klē- (“to shout, call”). Cognate with Dutch loeien (“to low”), Middle High German lüejen (“to roar”), Swedish dialectal lumma (“to roar”), Latin calō (“I call”), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaleō), Latin clāmō (“I shout, claim”). More at claim.
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low (third-person singular simple present lows, present participle lowing, simple past and past participle lowed)
- (intransitive) To moo.
- The cattle were lowing.
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[edit] Etymology 4
From Icelandic log/logi[1] or from Old Norse logi[2]. Cognates include Danish lue and German Lohe.
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low (plural lows)
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[edit] Etymology 5
From Old English hláw (“burial mound”). Obsolete by the 19th century, survives in toponymy as a -low element.
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low (plural lows)
- (archaic or obsolete) barrow, mound, tumulus
- A barrow or Low, such as were usually cast up over the bodies of eminent Captains. (Robert Plot, The natural history of Staffordshire, 1686; cited after OED).
- (Scottish dialectal, archaic) a hill
- And some they brought the brown lint-seed, and flung it down from the Low. (Mary Howitt, Ballads and other poems 1847)
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- ^ Etymology in Webster's Dictionary
- ^ Etymology in ODS: "eng. (vist laant fra nord.) low(e)"
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From English allow.
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low (verbal noun lowal, past participle lowit)
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