Low
strong imp. of Laugh.
To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.
The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.
A hill; a mound; a grave.
Fire; a flame; a light.
To burn; to blaze.
Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight.
Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence.
Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.
Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.
Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.
Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, / (/m), / (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 10, 11.
Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.
Numerically small; as, a low number.
Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.
Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes.
Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.
Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison.
Submissive; humble.
Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.
Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.
Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.
Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet.
The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.
Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low.
In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
In time approaching our own.
With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low.
With a low musical pitch or tone.
In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice.
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; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
To depress; to lower.
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Low Quotations
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Force always attracts men of low morality.
Albert Einstein
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
Michelangelo
Speak low, if you speak love.
William Shakespeare
Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.
Mahatma Gandhi
The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.
George Washington
When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes and that is my idea.
Ernest Hemingway
If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
George Carlin
Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
Plato
There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and the unjust. I swear to you that all that will never change.
Albert Camus
Low Translations
low in Danish is lav
low in Dutch is laag
low in German is nieder, muhen, niedrig
low in Italian is inferiore, inferiore
low in Latin is mugio
low in Portuguese is baixo
low in Spanish is bajo
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