How to pronounce “low”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
• 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.
• 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.
• Dead. (Compare lay low.)
• Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
• (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.
• (now rare) Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple. [from 17th c.]
• (of an automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
• [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).
• 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.
• [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.
• [Verb]
• (obsolete, transitive) To lower; to make low.

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Similar Sounds

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