DEFINITION
1 of less than average height from top to bottom or to the top from the ground: the school is a long, low building | a low table.• situated not far above the ground, the horizon, or sea level: the sun was low in the sky.• located at or near the bottom of something: low back pain | he smashed a pane low down in the window.• (of women's clothing) cut so as to reveal the neck and the upper part of the breasts:the low neckline of her blouse | [ incombination ] : a low-cut black dress.• (of latitude) near the equator.• Phonetics (of a vowel) pronounced with the tongue held low in the mouth; open.2 below average in amount, extent, or intensity: bringing up children on a low income |borrowing fell to a low level | cook over low heat.• (of a river or lake) below the usual water level.• (of a substance or food) containing smaller quantities than usual of a specified ingredient: vegetables are low in calories | [ incombination ] : low-fat spreads.• (of a supply) small or reduced in quantity:food and ammunition were running low .• having a small or reduced quantity of a supply: they were low on fuel.3 ranking below other people or things in importance or class: jobs with low status |training will be given low priority.• (of art or culture) considered to be inferiorin quality and refinement: the dual traditions of high and low art.• less good than is expected or desired; inferior: the standard of living is low.• unscrupulous or dishonest: practise a little low cunning.• (of an opinion) unfavourable.4 (of a sound or voice) not loud or high: keep the volume very low | his low, husky voice.5 depressed or lacking in energy: I was feeling low.
Old English hlōwan, of Germanicorigin; related to Dutch loeien, from anIndo-European root shared by Latin clamare‘to shout’.
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