ENGLISH: low - CREOLE: ba



Overview of noun low



The noun low has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. low, low pressure, depression -- (an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow")

2. Low, David Low, Sir David Low, Sir David Alexander Cecil Low -- (British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963))

3. low -- (a low level or position or degree; "the stock market fell to a new low")

4. first gear, first, low gear, low -- (the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving)



Overview of verb low



The verb low has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. moo, low -- (make a low noise, characteristic of bovines)



Overview of adj low



The adj low has 11 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)



1. (58) low -- (less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low")

2. (23) low -- (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")

3. (11) low, low-toned -- (very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of the surf")

4. (6) low -- (unrefined in character; "low comedy")

5. (4) low, low-pitched -- (used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency)

6. (3) abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy -- (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")

7. humble, low, lowly, modest, small -- (low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings")

8. depleted, low -- (no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted")

9. broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low -- (subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit")

10. blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited -- (low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted")

11. first, low -- (being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills")



Overview of adv low



The adv low has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (3) low -- (in a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung low")

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