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lower
lower (adj.)
1.lower than a given reference point"inferior alveolar artery"
2.the bottom one of two"he chose the lower number"
lower (n.)
1.the lower of two berths
lower (v. trans.)
1.look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
2.make lower or quieter"turn down the volume of a radio"
3.set lower"lower a rating" "lower expectations"
4.cause to drop or sink"The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
5.move something or somebody to a lower position"take down the vase from the shelf"
lower (v.)
1.become dark or darker"The sky darkened"
low (adj.)
1.affected or marked by low spirits"is dejected but trying to look cheerful"
2.moderate to inferior in quality"they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"
3.limited in size or scope"a small business" "a newspaper with a modest circulation" "small-scale plans" "a pocket-size country"
4.filled with melancholy and despondency "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face" "gloomy predictions" "a gloomy silence" "took a grim view of the economy" "the darkening mood" "lonely and blue in a strange city" "depressed by the loss of..."
5.of the most contemptible kind"abject cowardice" "a low stunt to pull" "a low-down sneak" "his miserable treatment of his family" "You miserable skunk!" "a scummy rabble" "a scurvy trick"
6.literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension"low ceilings" "low clouds" "low hills" "the sun is low" "low furniture" "a low bow"
7.less than normal in degree or intensity or amount"low prices" "the reservoir is low"
8.used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
9.very low in volume"a low murmur" "the low-toned murmur of the surf"
10.subdued or brought low in condition or status"brought low" "a broken man" "his broken spirit"
11.unrefined in character"low comedy"
12.no longer sufficient"supplies are low" "our funds are depleted"
13.low or inferior in station or quality"a humble cottage" "a lowly parish priest" "a modest man of the people" "small beginnings"
low (adv.)
1.in a low position; near the ground"the branches hung low"
low (n.)
1.the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
2.a low level or position or degree"the stock market fell to a new low"
3.an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation"a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
Low (n.)
1.British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
low (v. intr.)
1.make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
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LowerLow"er (?), a. Compar. of Low, a.
LowerLow"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lowered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lowering.] [From Low, a.]
1. To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love
Down to a silent grave. Tennyson.
2. To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
3. To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.
4. To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
5. To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
6. To reduce in value, amount, etc.; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.
LowerLow"er, v. i. To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
LowerLow"er (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lowered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lowering.] [OE. lowren, luren; cf. D. loeren, LG. luren. G. lauern to lurk, to be on the watch, and E. leer, lurk.]
1. To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
All the clouds that lowered upon our house. Shak.
2. To frown; to look sullen.
But sullen discontent sat lowering on her face. Dryden.
LowLow (?), obs. strong imp. of Laugh. Chaucer.
LowLow (lō), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lowed (lōd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lowing.] [OE. lowen, AS. hlōwan; akin to D. loeijen, OHG. hlōjan, hluojan.] To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. Gray.
LowLow, n. The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.
Talking voices and the law of herds. Wordsworth.
LowLow, n. [AS. hlāw; akin to Goth. hlaiw a grave, hlains a hill, and to E. lean to incline.] A hill; a mound; a grave. [Obs. except in place names.] Skeat.
LowLow (lō; Scot. lou), n. [Icel. log, logi; akin to E. light, n.] Fire; a flame; a light. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
LowLow, v. i. To burn; to blaze. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
LowLow (lō), a. [Compar. Lower (lō"ẽr); superl. Lowest.] [OE. low, louh, lah, Icel. lāgr; akin to Sw. låg, Dan. lav, D. laag, and E. lie. See Lie to be prostrate.]
1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight.
2. Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence.
3. Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.
4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
5. Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.
6. Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
7. (Mus.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.
8. (Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, ă (ăm), � (�ll). See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 5, 10, 11.
9. Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.
10. Numerically small; as, a low number.
11. Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.
12. Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes.
Why but to keep ye low and ignorant ? Milton.
13. Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.
14. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted in thought or diction; as, a low comparison.
In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull. Felton.
15. Submissive; humble. “Low reverence.” Milton.
16. Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.
17. Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.
18. Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.
19. Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet.
☞ Low is often used in the formation of compounds which require no special explanation; as, low-arched, low-browed, low-crowned, low-heeled, low-lying, low-priced, low-roofed, low-toned, low-voiced, and the like.
Low Church. See High Church, under High. -- Low Countries, the Netherlands. -- Low German, Low Latin, etc. See under German, Latin, etc. -- Low life, humble life. -- Low milling, a process of making flour from grain by a single grinding and by siftings. -- Low relief. See Bas-relief. -- Low side window (Arch.), a peculiar form of window common in mediæval churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line of the windows, and in many different situations in the building. -- Low spirits, despondency. -- Low steam, steam having a low pressure. -- Low steel, steel which contains only a small proportion of carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling. -- Low Sunday, the Sunday next after Easter; -- popularly so called. -- Low tide, the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its lowest point; low water. -- Low water. (a) The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the in a river, lake, etc. (b) (Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the boiler. -- Low water alarm or Low water indicator (Steam Boiler), a contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water is low. -- Low water mark, that part of the shore to which the waters recede when the tide is the lowest. Bouvier. -- Low wine, a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still; -- often in the plural.
LowLow, n. (Card Playing) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
LowLow, adv.
1. In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.
2. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low.
3. In a low or mean condition; humbly; meanly.
4. In time approaching our own.
In that part of the world which was first inhabited, even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds. Locke.
5. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low. Addison.
The . . . odorous wind
Breathes low between the sunset and the moon. Tennyson.
6. With a low musical pitch or tone.
Can sing both high and low. Shak.
7. In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice. Spenser.
8. (Astron.) 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.
LowLow (?), v. t. To depress; to lower. [Obs.] Swift.
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lower (n.)
low (adj.)
abject, at a low ebb, broken, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, crude, crushed, deep, degraded, dejected, depleted, depressed, despondent, disgraceful, dishonourable, dismal, dismayed, dispirited, disreputable, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, down-in-the-mouth, dying, economical, exhausted, feeble, gloomy, grim, gross, humble, humbled, humiliated, ignoble, inexpensive, inferior, lowborn, low-down, lowly, low-lying, low-pitched, low-spirited, low-toned, mean, mediocre, meek, menial, minor, miserable, modest, nefarious, plain, plebeian, pocket-size, pocket-sized, poor, prostrate, quiet, reasonable, rude, sad, scummy, scurvy, second-rate, servile, sinking, small, small-scale, soft, sordid, subdued, unbecoming, undignified, unhappy, vile, vulgar, weak, base (literary), blue (colloquial), gray (American), grey (British), heavyhearted (British)
low (n.)
low (v. intr.)
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lower (v. trans.)
↘ bear, bearish, dip, drop, lowering, lull, slackness, slump, speculator on a decline of prices ↗ humble, lowly, menial ≠ bring up, elevate, get up, lift, put up, raise
lower (adj.)
↘ foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling, utility man
low (adj.)
↘ averagely, badly, basely, baseness, bass, brat, child, contemptibility, decline, despicability, despicableness, despicably, distastefulness, gamin, jackanapes, kid, kiddie, kiddy, less, lesser, little boy, lowness, meanly, middlingly, nipper, odiousness, offensiveness, poorly, small way, sordidness, tad, toddler, tot, vilely, wretch ↗ dejectedly, in low spirits ≠ elated, high, high-pitched, shrill, tall
low (v. intr.)
↘ bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, howling, lowing, moo, mooing, roar, roaring, squalling, yowl
low (n.)
⇨ low income • low pay • low rent
lower (n.)
lower (v.)
se couvrir de nuages (pour le ciel) (fr)[Classe]
devenir obscur (fr)[Classe]
alter, change[Hyper.]
dark, drab, gloomy, sober, somber, sombre, unlit[Devenir+Attrib.]
blackening, darkening[Dérivé]
lighten, lighten up[Ant.]
lower (v. tr.)
lower (v. tr.)
faire descendre à un niveau plus bas (fr)[Classe]
(noise; sound), (amp; amplifier; booster), (volume)[termes liés]
lumière (fr)[DomaineCollocation]
baisse des prix (fr)[DomaineCollocation]
lower (v. tr.)
devalue[Hyper.]
lower (v. tr.)
alter, change, modify[Hyper.]
lowering - lower, lower berth - depressor, depressor muscle[Dérivé]
lower (v. tr.)
displace, move, rehang, shunt[Hyper.]
letting down, lowering - lower, lower berth[Dérivé]
come down, descend, fall, go down[Cause]
bring, convey, take[Analogie]
Low (n.)
cartoonist[Hyper.]
low (adj.)
inferior[Similaire]
low (adj.)
low (adj.)
propre au bas peuple (fr)[Classe]
qui est vil, moralement bas (fr)[Classe]
qui inspire le mépris, est sans dignité (fr)[Classe]
sentiment (fr)[DomaineCollocation]
low (adj.)
désespéré (fr)[Classe]
atteint d'un trouble mental (fr)[Classe]
triste (fr)[Classe...]
malheureux (fr)[Classe]
accablement (fr)[Atteint]
low (adj.)
contemptible[Similaire]
low (adj.)
lowness - height, tallness[Dérivé]
high[Ant.]
low (adj.)
lowness - degree, grade, level, pitch[Dérivé]
high[Ant.]
low (adj.)
soft[Similaire]
low (adj.)
humble, modest[Similaire]
low (adj.)
unrefined[Similaire]
low (adj.)
qui ne suffit pas (fr)[Classe]
low (adj.)
inferior[Similaire]
low (adj.)
low (adv.)
à faible hauteur (fr)[Classe]
low (n.)
low (n.)
degree, grade, level, pitch[Hyper.]
all-time high, high[Ant.]
low (n.)
diminishing; diminution[Classe...]
(glass; barometer), (atmospheric pressure; air pressure)[termes liés]
phénomène climatique étudié par la météorologie (fr)[DomainRegistre]
low (v. intr.)
crier (bovins) (fr)[ClasseHyper.]
buffle (fr)[termes liés]
emit, let loose, let out, put out, utter[Hyper.]
lowing, moo[Dérivé]
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