| low |
| 1. adj. Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty. | |
| standing on low ground in a low valley, ringed by low hills a low wall a low shelf | |
| 2. adj. 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 | |
| the low countries Low German | |
| 3. adj. (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees. | |
| the pitch (or: the ball) was low | |
| 4. adj. Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured. | |
| a low bow a low tide the Mississippi is unusually low right now | |
| 5. adj. Not high in status, esteem or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar). | |
| low birth low rank the low officials of the bureaucracy low-quality fabric playing low tricks on them a person of low mind | |
| Now that was low even for you! | |
| 6. adj. Humble, meek, not haughty. | |
| 7. adj. Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence. | |
| She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs. | |
| 8. adj. Being a nadir, a bottom. | |
| the low point in her career | |
| 9. adj. Depressed in mood, dejected, sad. | |
| low spirits | |
| 10. adj. Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak. | |
| a low pulse | |
| made (or: laid) low by sickness | |
| 11. adj. Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc). | |
| My credit union charges a low interest rate. Jogging during a whiteout, with such low temperatures and low visibility, is dangerous. The store sold bread at low prices, and milk a | |
| 12. adj. Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative). | |
| diets low in vitamin A made from low-carbon steel | |
| 13. adj. Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply. | |
| running low on cash | |
| 14. adj. (especially in the field of biology) Simple in complexity or development; (in several set phrases) favoring simplicity; see e.g. low church, Low Tory. | |
| low protozoan animals, low cryptogamic plants, and other low organisms | |
| 15. adj. (in several set phrases) Being near the equator. | |
| the low northern latitudes | |
| 16. adj. (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat. | |
| The note was too low for her to sing. | |
| Generally, European men have lower voices than their Indian counterparts. | |
| 17. adj. Quiet; soft; not loud. | |
| They spoke in low voices so I would not hear what they were saying. | |
| Why would you want to play heavy metal at such a low volume? | |
| 18. adj. (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. | |
| 19. adj. (card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc. | |
| a low card | |
| 20. adj. (archaic) Not rich, seasoned, or nourishing; plain, simple. | |
| a low diet | |
| 21. adj. (of an, automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed. | |
| low gear | |
| 22. n. Something that is low; a low point. | |
| You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank. | |
| Economic growth has hit a new low. | |
| 23. n. The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period. | |
| Unemployment has reached a ten-year low. | |
| 24. n. A depressed mood or situation. | |
| He is in a low right now | |
| 25. n. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression. | |
| A deep low is centred over the British Isles. | |
| 26. n. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle. | |
| Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour. | |
| 27. n. (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn. | |
| 28. n. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense. | |
| He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low. | |
| 29. adv. Close to the ground. | |
| 30. adv. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency. | |
| 31. adv. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently. | |
| to speak low | |
| 32. adv. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply. | |
| He sold his wheat low. | |
| 33. adv. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly. | |
| 34. adv. In a time approaching our own. | |
| 35. 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. | |
| The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian. | |
| 36. v. (obsolete, transitive) To depress; to lower. | |
| 37. v. (obsolete) simple past tense of laugh. | |
| 38. v. (intransitive) To moo. | |
| The cattle were lowing. | |
| 39. n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze. | |
| 40. v. (Scotland) To burn; to blaze. | |
| 41. n. (archaic, or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus. | |
| 42. n. (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill. | |
| 43. n. cln, en, basic words, three-letter words | |
| shallow |
| 1. adj. Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide. | |
| This crater is relatively shallow. | |
| Saute the onions in a shallow pan. | |
| 2. adj. Extending not far downward. | |
| The water is shallow here. | |
| 3. adj. Concerned mainly with superficial matters. | |
| It was a glamorous but shallow lifestyle. | |
| 4. adj. Lacking interest or substance. | |
| The acting is good, but the characters are shallow. | |
| 5. adj. Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing. | |
| shallow learning | |
| 6. adj. (obsolete) Not deep in tone. | |
| 7. adj. (tennis) Not far forward, close to the net | |
| 8. n. A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water. | |
| The ship ran aground in an unexpected shallow. | |
| 9. n. A fish, the rudd. | |
| 10. v. To make or become less deep. | |
