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- English Word Low Definition Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
- English Word Low Definition Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.
- English Word Low Definition 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.
- English Word Low Definition Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.
- English Word Low Definition Numerically small; as, a low number.
- English Word Low Definition Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.
- English Word Low Definition Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes.
- English Word Low Definition Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.
- English Word Low Definition Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison.
- English Word Low Definition Submissive; humble.
- English Word Low Definition Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.
- English Word Low Definition Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.
- English Word Low Definition Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.
- English Word Low Definition Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet.
- English Word Low Definition The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
- English Word Low Definition In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.
- English Word Low Definition Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low.
- English Word Low Definition In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
- English Word Low Definition In time approaching our own.
- English Word Low Definition With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low.
- English Word Low Definition With a low musical pitch or tone.
- English Word Low Definition In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice.
- English Word Low Definition 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.
- English Word Low Definition To depress; to lower.
- English Word Low-church Definition Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms; -- applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to high-church. See High Church, under High.
- English Word Low-churchism Definition The principles of the low-church party.
- English Word Low-churchman Definition One who holds low-church principles.
- English Word Low-churchmanship Definition The state of being a low-churchman.
- English Word Low-lived Definition Characteristic of, or like, one bred in a low and vulgar condition of life; mean dishonorable; contemptible; as, low-lived dishonesty.
- English Word Low-minded Definition Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind.