low
- adverb
- /loʊ/
- I put her low in the water.
- low in the east
They can't even hang down that low just Spearing their horses.
- They can't even hang down that low just Spearing their horses.
- Your cat gets down low, they start to stalk, they're hunting.
- I'm just going to sink down low in a big old chair.
- It's balsams and touch me knots Crouch so low to the ground.
- It's like like really low down on my face here.
Examples
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I want you to come in low over the L.A. River, then you pop up and surprise them.
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I've never flown so low through the city.
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But when you drop the pressure real low in water, what happens?
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But I gotta take it as low as possible first.
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Just lay low down there until it's safe to come out.
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They stayed low and headed out towards France.
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I saw that he'd pulled his hat low, his scarf tight around his face.
Fiction book (1996) -
A swift flight of ducks flew over so low I felt the whistling rush of their wings.
Fiction book (1999) -
Quickly they crossed, crouched low against the water, darting for the cover of the mist beyond.
Fiction book (1992) -
When the sun sets, the sky often appears low and dark.
Synonyms
Areas close to the ground or sea level that often flood
Happening near the ground or sea level
Happening close to the ground
Plants that grow close to the ground and are short
Short and wide, low to the ground
A room or building with a ceiling lower than usual
Lower than usual and close to the ground
Slightly below the usual amount, level, or sound
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A loan or card that charges only a small extra amount for borrowing money
- Specialized
A radio frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz used for communication
A lower setting in a vehicle that gives more power and less speed for starting and climbing
- Offensive
Someone who has little factual knowledge and follows simple slogans rather than facts
- Specialized
Using a low amount of electricity to reduce the risk of electric shock
- Specialized
Radio waves below 3 kilohertz that scientists and the military use for long-distance communication and measurement
- Specialized
A range of very low radio waves used for communication over long distances, for example by submarines
- Specialized
A small particle in the blood that carries cholesterol and increases heart disease risk when levels are high
- Specialized
Radioactive material from medical tests and hospital procedures that has low radiation and needs safe handling
- Specialized
A device that lets slow changes in signals pass and reduces fast changes
- Specialized
An explosive that burns slowly and does not make a strong shock wave like black powder
A group of about eighty coral islands in French Polynesia that are part of the Tuamotu Islands
A low evergreen bush with glossy leaves and black berries that grows in the southeastern United States
A group of German dialects spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands and Denmark
- Specialized
Forms of Latin used after the ancient period, especially in the Middle Ages
A low-lying region in western Europe near the North Sea made up of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
- Specialized
A speech sound made with the tongue low in the mouth, like the 'a' in 'cat'
- Specialized
A style of sculpture where shapes stand out a little from a flat background with no part fully separate
Exercise with gentle movements like swimming or cycling that does not put much stress on the joints
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Low as an adverb uses the same root meaning 'not high', so to bend low or fly low means to be close to the ground. That's why the word shows position as well as height.