Meaning of Low | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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).
2. The station code of Lo Wu in Hong Kong.
3. Acronym of launch on warning.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
4. A flame; fire; blaze.
   Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal
5. Barrow, mound, tumulus.
   archaic, obsolete
6. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
7. The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
8. A hill.
   Scottish, archaic, dialectal
9. A township municipality in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada, named after Charles Adamson Low.
   countable, uncountable
10. A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.
11. A ghost town in Tooele County, Utah, United States.
    countable, uncountable
12. An area of low pressure; a depression.
    informal
13. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
14. The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
15. A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.
    slang, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.”

“Economic growth has hit a new low.”

“Unemployment has reached a ten-year low.”

“During the 1960s and 1970s, when both the quality of architecture and the appreciation of historic buildings reached an all-time low, British Railways was notorious for replacing good station buildings and canopies with little more than bus shelters, usually in conjunction with de-staffing.”

“He also called for the US and China to rebuild their fractured relationship, which has plunged to new lows this year, but which Guterres said was “crucial” to climate action.”

“Today's low was 32 °F.”

“He is in a low right now. the highs and lows of bipolar disorder”

“A deep low is centred over the British Isles.”

“Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour.”

“He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low.”

“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 […]”

“A boy fell aff his chair a' in a low, for the discharge had set him on fire […]”

“[…] and he was sure to light of a verse blazing wi' a blue brimstone low that set all straight.”

“And methought the whole world was lighted in a lowe, and with a great cry I awoke out of the dream.”

“A barrow or Low, such as were usually cast up over the bodies of eminent Captains.”

“And some they brought the brown lint-seed, and flung it down from the Low.”

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