Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
standing on low ground
A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.
To lower; to make low.
I shall only say this, that all the other graces must low the sail to faith, and so it is faith must carry us through, being that last triumphing grace, […]
A surname.
A township municipality in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada, named after Charles Adamson Low.
The station code of Lo Wu in Hong Kong.
From Middle English lowe, lohe, lāh, from Old Norse lágr (“low”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“lying, flat, situated near the ground, low”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Cognate with Sc...
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A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.
He is in a low right now. the highs and lows of bipolar disorder
A flame; fire; blaze.
She was, as one of them expressed himself, in a light low (bright flame) when they observed a king's ship, with her colours up, heave in sight from behind the cape. The guns of the burning vessel discharged themselves […]
Barrow, mound, tumulus.
A barrow or Low, such as were usually cast up over the bodies of eminent Captains.
A hill.
And some they brought the brown lint-seed, and flung it down from the Low.
With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
to speak low
simple past of laugh.
To moo.
The cattle were lowing.
To burn; to blaze.
Driest wood will eithest low,
Alternative form of 'low.