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      low
      noun
      A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
      The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
      A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.
      (meteorology, informal) An area of low pressure; a depression.
      The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
      (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
      (slang, usually accompanied by "the") A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.
      (countable, UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
      A surname.
      A township municipality in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada, named after Charles Adamson Low.
      A ghost town in Tooele County, Utah, United States.
      (rail transport) The station code of Lo Wu in Hong Kong.
      (military) Acronym of launch on warning.
      (archaic or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus.
      (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.
      verb
      (intransitive) To moo.
      (UK, Scotland, dialect) To burn; to blaze.
      Alternative form of 'low. [(US, UK, dialectal or colloquial) To allow; to acknowledge or admit.]
      (obsolete, transitive) To lower; to make low.
      adjective
      Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
      Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.
      (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.
      Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
      Low-cut.
      Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
      Humble, meek, not haughty.
      Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
      Being a nadir, a bottom.
      Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
      Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
      (video games, roleplaying games) Having few hit points remaining; damaged.
      Dead. (Compare lay low.)
      Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
      Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
      Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
      (especially in biology) Simple in complexity or development.
      (chiefly in several set phrases) Favoring simplicity (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).
      (in several set phrases) Being near the equator.
      (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
      Quiet; soft; not loud.
      (phonetics) 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.
      (card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
      (of an automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
      (now rare) Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.
      adverb
      Close to the ground.
      Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
      With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
      Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
      In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
      In a time approaching our own.
      (astronomy) 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.
      Synonyms for low
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