LOWS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Adjective

literal meanings

Example: being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; low ceilings; low clouds; low hills; the sun is low; low furniture; a low bow

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Adjective

less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

Example: low prices; the reservoir is low

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Adjective

used of sounds and voices

Example: low in pitch or frequency

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

very low in volume

Example: a low murmur; the low-toned murmur of the surf

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

subdued or brought low in condition or status

Example: brought low; a broken man; his broken spirit

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

unrefined in character

Example: low comedy

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

no longer sufficient

Example: supplies are low; our funds are depleted

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

low or inferior in station or quality

Example: a humble cottage; a lowly parish priest; a modest man of the people; small beginnings

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

filled with melancholy and despondency

Example: gloomy at the thought of what he had to face; gloomy predictions; a gloomy silence; took a grim view of the economy; the darkening mood; lonely and blue in a strange city; depressed by the loss of his job; a dispirited and resigned expression on her face; downcast after his defeat; feeling discouraged and downhearted

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

of the most contemptible kind

Example: abject cowardice; a low stunt to pull; a low-down sneak; his miserable treatment of his family; You miserable skunk!; a scummy rabble; a scurvy trick

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Noun

British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Noun

an air mass of lower pressure

Example: often brings precipitation; a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow

Meaning 13

Part of speech: Noun

the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle

Example: used to start a car moving

Meaning 14

Part of speech: Noun

a low level or position or degree

Example: the stock market fell to a new low

Meaning 15

Part of speech: Adverb

in a low position

Example: near the ground; the branches hung low

Meaning 16

Part of speech: Verb

make a low noise, characteristic of bovines