(acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
(baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.
(card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
(chiefly in several set phrases) Favoring simplicity (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).
(especially in biology) Simple in complexity or development.
(in several set phrases) Being near the equator.
(now rare) Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.
(of an automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
(phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
Being a nadir, a bottom.
Dead. (Compare lay low.)
Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
Humble, meek, not haughty.
Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
Low-cut.
Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.
Quiet; soft; not loud.
Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
adv
(astronomy) 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.
Close to the ground.
In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
In a time approaching our own.
Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
noun
(Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.
(archaic or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus.
(card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
(countable, UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
(meteorology, informal) An area of low pressure; a depression.
(slang, usually accompanied by "the") A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.
A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.
The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
verb
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To burn; to blaze.
(intransitive) To moo.
(obsolete) simple past of laugh.
(obsolete, transitive) To lower; to make low.
lwo
owl
owl
noun
(by extension) A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.
(politics, uncommon) A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish.
Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, especially in the genus Caligo, having large eyespots on the wings.
The owl pigeon.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To smuggle contraband goods.
