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Definition: Low |
LowAdjective1. Less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoire is low". 2. Literal meanings; 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". 3. Very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of the surf". 4. Unrefined in character; "low comedy". 5. Used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency. 6. Of the most contemptible kind; "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". 7. Low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings". 8. No longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted". 9. Subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit". 10. : low in spirits; "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". 11. : being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills". Adverb1. In a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung low". Noun1. An air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow". 2. British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963). 3. A low level or position or degree: "the stock market fell to a new low". 4. The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving. Verb1. Make a low noise, characteristic of bovines. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "low" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | LOW-:BRED:, adj. "Raised" instead of brought up. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Food & Agriculture | Extra-tropical revolving storm which is larger in area and not so violent as tropical cyclones. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | Area of low pressure generally surrounded by closed isobars, usually associated with storm and rain; winds blow around the depression counterclockwise in northern hemisphere and clockwise in southern hemisphere. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A former stream channel in a coalbed, filled with sandstone, clay, and shale. CF:cutout b. A general term for such features as a structural basin, a syncline, a saddle, or a sag. CF:high c. Indicates that a crystal structure is the low-temperature dimorph forthe crystal compound. (references) |
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Leo
larger imageAbbreviation Leo Genitive Leonis Meaning in English the Lion Right ascension 11 h Declination 15° Visible to latitude Between 90° and -65° On meridian 9 p.m., April 15 Area
- TotalRanked 12th
947 sq. deg.Number of stars with
apparent magnitude < 33 Brightest star
- Apparent magnitudeRegulus (α Leo)
1,4Meteor showers Leonids Bordering constellations
- Ursa Major
- Leo Minor
- Cancer
- Hydra
- Sextans
- Crater
- Virgo
- Coma Berenices
Leo (the lion) is a constellation of the zodiac. Leo lies between dim Cancer to the west and Virgo to the east.
Notable features
This constellation contains many bright stars, such as Regulus (α Leo), the lion's heart; Denebola (β Leo); and Algieba (γ1 Leo). Many other fainter stars have been named has well, such as Zosma (δ Leo), Chort (θ Leo), Al Minliar al Asad (κ Leo), Alterf (λ Leo), and Subra (ο Leo).Regulus, η Leonis, and Algieba, together with the fainter stars Adhafera (ζ Leo), Ras Elased Borealis (μ Leo), and Ras Elased Australis (ε Leo), make up the asterism known as the Sickle. These stars represent the head and the mane of the lion.
A former asterism representing the tuft of the lion's tail has since become its own constellation, Coma Berenices.
The star Wolf 359, one of the nearest stars to Earth's solar system (7,7 light-years), is in Leo.
Notable deep sky objects
Leo contains many bright galaxies of which the twins M65, M66 and M95, M96 are the most famous.
Mythology
In Greek mythology, it corresponds to the Nemean Lion which was killed by Hercules during one of his quests. The Egyptians worshipped the lion because the sun was in this constellation at the time of the life-giving floods of the Nile.
Astrology
The astrological sign Leo (July 23 - August 22) is associated with the constellation. In some cosmologies, Leo is associated with the classical element Fire, and thus called a Fire Sign (with Aries and Sagittarius).Constellations of the zodiac : Aries -- Taurus -- Gemini -- Cancer -- Leo -- Virgo -- Libra -- Scorpius -- (Ophiuchus) -- Sagittarius -- Capricornus -- Aquarius -- Pisces
LEO I was the first computer used for commercial calculations.
LEO is an acronym of "Low Earth Orbit".
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The abbreviation "LEO", when used by itself, can refer to:
- Low Earth orbit
- Longterm Ecological Observatory
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A reference range is a set of values used by a health professional to interpret a set of medical test results. The range is usually defined as the set of values 95% of the normal population falls within.It must be remembered that the reference range will vary, depending on the age, sex and race of a population, and even the machines the laboratory uses to do the tests. Also remember that by definition 5% of the normal population will fall outside the reference range.
These are approximate adult values that are intended as a guide to students and those interested, they are not a substitute for medical advice.
Clinical biochemistry
Electrolytes and Metabolytess
Test Range Comments Sodium (Na) 130 - 145 mmol/L Potassium (K) 3.5 - 5.0 mmol/L Urea 2.6 - 6.8 mmol/L Creatinine 50 - 110 μmol/L Glucose (fasting) 4.2 - 6.1 mmol/L
Total Protein 60 - 80 g/L Albumin 30 - 50 g/L Total Bilirubin 2 - 14 μmol/L Direct Bilirubin 0 - 4 μmol/L Alanine transaminase (ALT) 8 - 40 U/L Also called serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) 40 - 130 U/L Higher in children and pregnant women. Gamma glutamyl transferase < 50 U/L
Creatine kinase (CK) Aspartate transaminase (AST) 8 - 35 U/L Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) 85 - 285 U/L Amylase 25 - 125 U/L C-reactive protein (CRP) <8 mg/L
Ionised calcium (Ca) 1.15 - 1.29 mmol/L Some calcium is bound to albumin, thus not measured by certain techniques. Total calcium (Ca) 2.05 - 2.55 mmol/L Copper (Cu) 11 - 26 μmol/L Zinc (Zn) 10 - 17 μmol/L
Triglycerides 0.4 - 2.0 mmol/L Total cholesterol 3.0 - 5.5 mmol/L HDL cholesterol (male) 0.7 - 1.9 mmol/L (female) 0.9 - 2.4 mmol/L LDL cholesterol 2.4 - 4.0 mmol/l Not valid when triglycerides >5.0 mmol/L.
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) 1-15 kIU/L CA-125 <65 kU/L Prostate specific antigen (total PSA) <2.0 μg/L After age 40, normal levels increase every decade.
Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) 0.5 - 4.7 mIU/L Also called: Thyrotropin Free thyroxine (FT4) 9.0 - 24 pmol/L Free triiodothyronine (FT3) 2.5 - 5.3 pmol/L Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) 1.3 - 15 pmol/L Cortisol (0830 h) 250 - 850 nmol/L Cortisol levels are higher in the morning than at night. Cortisol (1630 h) 110 - 390 nmol/L Prolactin (male) <450 mIU/L (female) <580 mIU/L Testosterone (male) 8 - 38 nmol/L (male prepuberty) 0.1 - 0.5 nmol/L (female) 0.3 - 2.5 nmol/L
Haemoglobin (Hb) (male) 130 - 180 g/L Higher in neonates, lower in children. (female) 115 - 160 g/L Sex difference negligible until adulthood. Haematocrit (Hct) (male) 0.38 - 0.52 (female) 0.35 - 0.47 Mean cell volume (MCV) 80 - 98 fL Mean cell haemoglobin (MCH) 26 - 34 pg Red cell count (male) 4.5 - 6.5 x1012/L (female) 3.8 - 5.8 x1012/L Reticulocytes 10 - 100 x109/L Erythrocyte
sedimentation rate (ESR)
Total white blood cells 4.0 - 11.0 x109/L Higher in neonates and infants. Neutrophils 2.0 - 7.5 x109/L Lymphocytes 1.0 - 4.0 x109/L Monocytes 0.0 - 0.8 x109/L Eosinophils 0.0 - 0.5 x109/L Basophils 0.0 - 0.2 x109/L
Prothrombin time (PT) 7 - 10 s INR 0.8 - 1.2 The INR is a corrected ratio of a patients PT to normal Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) 29 - 41 s Thrombin clotting time (TCT) 11 - 18 s Fibrinogen 1.8 - 4.0 g/L Bleeding time 2 - 8 minutes
Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) Extractable nuclear antigen (ENA)
Serology
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LOW | English | Launch on warning | Military & Defense |
| LO | English | Low | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: LowSynonyms: abject (adj), blue (adj), broken (adj), crushed (adj), depleted (adj), depressed (adj), dispirited (adj), down in the mouth (adj), down(p) (adj), downcast (adj), downhearted (adj), first (adj), humble (adj), humbled (adj), humiliated (adj), low-down (adj), lowly (adj), low-pitched (adj), low-spirited (adj), low-toned (adj), miserable (adj), modest (adj), scummy (adj), scurvy (adj), small (adj), depression (n), first gear (n), low gear (n), low pressure (n), moo (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: high (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cheapness | Adjective: cheap; low, low priced; moderate, reasonable; inexpensive, unexpensive; well worth the money, worth the money; magnifique et pas cher; good at the price, cheap at the price; dirt cheap, dog cheap; cheap, cheap as dirt, cheap and nasty; catchpenny;discounted. |
Commonalty | Adjective: ignoble, common, mean, low, base, vile, sorry, scrubby, beggarly; below par; no great shakes; (unimportant); homely, homespun; vulgar, low-minded; snobbish. |
Disrepute | Ignominious, scrubby, dirty, abject, vile, beggarly, pitiful, low, mean, shabby base; (dishonorable). |
Smallness | Adjective: small, little; diminutive; (small in size); minute; fine; inconsiderable, paltry; (unimportant); faint; (weak); slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited; meager; (insufficient); sparing; few; low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes; below par, under par, below the mark; at a low ebb; halfway; moderate, modest; tender, subtle. |
Vulgarity | Dowdy; slovenly; (dirty); ungenteel, shabby genteel; low, common, hoi polloi; (plebeian); uncourtly; uncivil; (discourteous); ill bred, ill mannered; underbred; ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike; unladylike, unfeminine; wild, wild as an unbacked colt. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Low |
| English words defined with "low": high and low ♦ lie low, Low Dutch, low level flight, low pressure, low St Andrew's cross, Low steam, low tide, low water ♦ Middle Low German ♦ run low. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "low": Closed Low, complex low, complex low pressure, Cutoff Low ♦ extremely low ridges ♦ Infant, Low Birth Weight ♦ low acoustic impedance earphone and earcap, low bed, low blast, low BTU gas, low calorific gas, low calorific value gas, Low Comedian, low earth orbit, low energy, low explosive, low fermentation beer, Low Insertion Force, low or low-pressure system, LOW PAD, LOW PADS, low pass filter, Low population zone, low pressure gas burner, low temperature injury, LOW TIDE, Low to High, Low Voltage Differential, LOW WATER, low working voltage ♦ MPEG-2 AAC Low Profile, MPEG-2 Low Sampling Frequencies Extention ♦ Peg too Low ♦ steel for use at low temperatures, structural low. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "low": Wrist. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | They were low and muffled, the sounds of pain and anguish (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) Low overhead, my boy - we pass the savings on to you (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman) Don't worry about your little covert op, I'll keep it on the low down (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke) He has a low sperm count (Three Men and a Baby; writing credit: Jim Cruickshank; James Orr) Hell all three of them have reputations as low as crocodile piss (JFK; writing credit: Jim Marrs; Jim Garrison) | |
Lyrics | I've got friends in low places ("Friends in Low Places"; performing artist: Garth Brooks) When your index is low (Wall Street Shuffle; performing artist: 10CC) Cause when I wuz low, you was there for me (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac) I keep you low (Try Again; performing artist: Aaliyah) Friday night and the lights are low ("Dancing Queen"; performing artist: Abba) | |
Clever | To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman. (references; author: Mark Twain) Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo. (references; author: unknown) Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 P.M., please use the back door. (references; author: unknown) Come, work for the Lord. The work is hard, the hours long, and the pay low. But the retirement benefits are out of this world. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Rising Low (2002) The Low Blow (1970) Canada: Low Temperature Gas (1963) Eject at Low Level and Live (1957) Sweet and Low (1947) | |
Song Titles | FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES (performing artist: GARTH BROOKS) Down Low (Nobody Has To Know) (performing artist: R. Kelly featuring Ronald Isley) Lay Low (performing artist: Snoop Dogg) LOW RIDER (performing artist: War ) | |
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Shown is a suburban low brown building, with a parking lot, which houses a clinic. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). | Shown are the supermarket shelf labels indicating foods that are high in fiber and/or low in fat. This is part of a cooperative study of NCI and Giant Foods to try to change shoppers' buying habits to buy foods higher in fiber and lower in fats to help prevent cancer. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ||
Maternal or placental malaria predisposes the newborn infant to a low birthweight, premature delivery, increased infant mortality, and the mother to maternal anemia. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | Low and Wisoff at Work. Credit: NASA. | |
![]() | Swearing in of George M. Low as Deputy Administrator of NASA. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Diagram showing relationship of tide to marker at Poolbeg Lighthouse Datum referred to low water April 8, 1837 for County Dublin Note use of Mean Sea Level. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | Tide gauge at low tide Photo #1 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Pigeon Point Lighthouse as seen from the south at low tide on a misty day. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
![]() | Sharp hard coral shoreline at low tide. Credit: America's Coastlines. | ![]() | The PATHFINDER at low tide at a Dutch Harbor pier. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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| "Low Light Objects 1" by Paul Krasovic Commentary: "Shot in my room." | "Stones in low water" by Rene Drost Commentary: "A lot of stones in low water." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
| Guitar harmonics with crescendoing low airy synthesized flutes. | Low pedal point with classical synthesized string harmony for melody. | ||
| Marimba and low percussion feature with synthesized flutes added. | Clarinet playing mournfully in the low register. | ||
| Sparse texture using lots of percussion, piano, and low synthesized flutes. | A minor melody on guitar with heavy low tones sporadically played. | ||
| A hymn played on piano featuring different registers of the piano from high to low. | Atonal countermelody with sustained synthesized strings and low percussion. . | ||
| Full low digital string chords. | Agogo bells with low percussion layering different rhythms together. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Edward Young | Those who build beneath the stars build too low. |
James Russell Lowell | Not failure, but low aim, is crime. |
| Not failure but low aim is often our greatest sin. | |
Lord Byron | That low vice, curiosity! |
Quentin Crisp | However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | 'Tis the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises. |
Theodore Parker | Man never falls so low that he can see nothing higher than himself. |
William Shakespeare | Speak low, if you speak love. |
Young | Too low they build who build below the skies. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | But as families increased, and industry inlarged their stocks, their possessions inlarged with the need of them; but yet it was commonly without any fixed property in the ground they made use of, till they incorporated, settled themselves together, and built cities; and then, by consent, they came in time, to set out the bounds of their distinct territories, and agree on limits between them and their neighbours; and by laws within themselves, settled the properties of those of the same society: for we see, that in that part of the world which was first inhabited, and therefore like to be best peopled, even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks, and their herds, which was their substance, freely up and down; and this Abraham did, in a country where he was a stranger. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The various interests and conditions of life within the ranks of the proletariat are more and more equalised, in proportion as machinery obliterates all distinctions of labour, and nearly everywhere reduces wages to the same low level. (reference) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1903) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | She is as low as possible |
Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | Then they both bowed low, and their curls got entangled together |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Singularly low, as if instead of being so close beside him, it were at a distance |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | "This must be Thursday", said Arthur musing to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays." |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | A pigeon, alone on a low branch, allowed Pearl to come beneath, and uttered a sound as much of greeting as alarm |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The garden was enclosed with a white wall, quite low, and readily scaled |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | But when he had passed the old servant on the landing and was again in the low narrow dark corridor he began to walk faster and faster |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Say I, her sovereign, am her subject low. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Gets thin in the low places, thin and stringy |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I pulled off my hat, and made a low bow towards the farmer |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Low iron levels or anemia. (references) | |
A low count may indicate anemia. (references) | ||
Low birthweight and premature birth. (references) | ||
Business | In this case openness is low. (references) | |
Low, subsidized water rates are to blame. (references) | ||
They sell at a low price with a high circulation. (references) | ||
Children | Gambia | The participation of girls in education is very low. (references) |
South Africa | The country has a low conviction rate for rape and child abuse. (references) | |
Pakistan | Even in relatively prosperous Karachi, enrollment figures are low. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Russia | The fees for permanent and temporary registration remained low. (references) |
Ukraine | State-run television has the widest geographic coverage but low viewership. (references) | |
Israel and the occupied territories | Police maintained a low profile and in most cases did not approach the demonstrations. (references) | |
Economic History | The Bahamas | Terrain: Low and flat. (references) |
Qatar | The crime rate is low. (references) | |
Sri Lanka | Rubber prices are still low. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | Police professionalism is low. (references) |
Peru | Public confidence in the judiciary remains low. (references) | |
Micronesia | Bail, even for major crimes, usually is set at low levels. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Taiwan | Land rights remain a crucial issue for Aborigines, along with social discrimination, educational underachievement, low economic status, and high rates of alcoholism. (references) |
Paraguay | Low wages, long work hours, infrequent payment (or nonpayment) of wages, job insecurity, lack of access to social security benefits, and racial discrimination are common. (references) | |
Bolivia | The indigenous majority generally remains at the low end of the socioeconomic scale, and faces severe disadvantages in health, life expectancy, education, income, literacy, and employment. (references) | |
Minorities | Greece | The integration of Roma into social security systems also is quite low. (references) |
India | Several human rights groups, however, believe that this number is too low. (references) | |
India | In some states, government jobs are reserved for Muslims of low caste descent. (references) | |
Political Economy | UNITED KINGDOM | However, relatively low manufacturing labor productivity remains a concern. (references) |
Georgia | There was a growing fiscal deficit due to continued low revenue collection. (references) | |
BOLIVIA | Low rates of inflation at home and abroad have helped to lower interest rates. (references) | |
Political Rights | Kyrgyz Republic | Voter turnout is some regions was extremely low. (references) |
Bhutan | The persistence of traditional gender roles apparently accounts for a low proportion of women in government, although women have made visible gains. (references) | |
Senegal | In addition political parties often rank women low on party lists, making it difficult for them to be elected to the National Assembly or to be appointed ministers. (references) | |
Trade | Romania | The trading volume was generally low. (references) |
Maldives | Imports are subject to duty, though tariff levels are relatively low. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | However, SASO will accept electrical products as low as 120 volts, 60 Hertz. (references) | |
Travel | Spain | Andorra has a low rate of crime. (references) |
Guinea | Low cost items will be more successful. (references) | |
Taiwan | Taiwan has a low level of violent crime. (references) | |
Women | Hong Kong | The general incidence of rape is low. (references) |
Zambia | The fines that the law mandates for property grabbing are extremely low. (references) | |
China | Research indicates that the low economic and social status of women is among the leading causes. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Kazakhstan | Safety consciousness in both employees and employers is low. (references) |
Sri Lanka | Incompetence or low productivity are not grounds for dismissal. (references) | |
Burma | Low and falling real wages in the public sector have fostered widespread corruption. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EGOTIST, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me. Megaceph, chosen to serve the State In the halls of legislative debate, One day with all his credentials came To the capitol's door and announced his name. The doorkeeper looked, with a comical twist Of the face, at the eminent egotist, And said: "Go away, for we settle here All manner of questions, knotty and queer, And we cannot have, when the speaker demands To be told how every member stands, A man who to all things under the sky Assents by eternally voting 'I'." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | The state of Third World education is abysmally low. |
Robert Atkins | Of course. Because everybody heard low fat, low fat, low fat, they had to eat more carbohydrates. That's what caused the epidemic. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing. |
James Buchanan | 1857-1861 | Even descending to this low and narrow view of the mighty question, all such calculations are at fault. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Now, with the surrender of our enemies, economic stabilization requires that policies be directed toward promoting an increase in supplies at low unit prices. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | The Common Market will not fulfill its own high promise unless its outside tariff walls are low. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We have devoted particular effort to meeting the housing needs of low and moderate income families. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | But through low tax rates and free markets they've soared ahead of centralized economies. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Tax relief for millions of low income workers to reward work over welfare. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Low" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 93.52% of the time. "Low" is used about 12,381 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 93.52% | 11,579 | 803 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.49% | 556 | 11,235 |
| Adverb (general) | 1.93% | 239 | 19,365 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.02% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.02% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12,381 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "low" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Low | Last name | 4,000 | 3,338 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "low". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Lamech | N/A | Biblical | Made low |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Singapore | Low Keng Huat (Singapore) Limited | United Kingdom | Low & Bonar PLC |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "low": aleutian low ♦ as low as reasonably achievable ♦ at a low ebb ♦ at a low price ♦ at low tide ♦ attorney at low ♦ Bayer Low Adult Strength [OTC] ♦ be at a low ebb ♦ be at low ebb ♦ be in low spirits ♦ be in low water ♦ be low ♦ be low in calories ♦ become low ♦ blow high blow low ♦ bow low ♦ bring low ♦ built on low ground ♦ burn low ♦ case low ♦ cashmere low woolen ♦ common low ♦ complex low ♦ complex low pressure ♦ David Low ♦ Ecotrin Low Adult Strength [OTC] ♦ extremely low frequency ♦ extremely low ridges ♦ fall to a low ebb ♦ feel low ♦ flat low ♦ fly at a low altitude ♦ have a low opinion of ♦ he is rather low today ♦ heat low ♦ high and low ♦ high low Jack and the game ♦ high strength low alloy steels ♦ in a low tone ♦ in a low voice ♦ In high and low ♦ in low spirits ♦ in the low latitudes ♦ keep a low profile ♦ laid low ♦ land low ♦ lay low ♦ lay smb. low ♦ lie low ♦ live low ♦ logic low ♦ low acoustic impedance earphone and earcap ♦ low airburst ♦ low altitude ♦ low angle ♦ low angle fire ♦ low angle loft bombing ♦ low Archipelago ♦ low back pain ♦ low beam ♦ low blood pressure ♦ Low Blood Sugar ♦ low blow ♦ low blueberry ♦ low board ♦ low bow ♦ low boy ♦ low brass ♦ low brow ♦ low BTU gas ♦ low calorific gas ♦ low calorific value ♦ low calorific value gas ♦ low camp ♦ low capacity ♦ low card ♦ low case ♦ low Church ♦ low class ♦ low clouds ♦ low comedy ♦ low compact crouch ♦ low countries ♦ low cranberry ♦ low ddm zone ♦ low density ♦ low down ♦ low dress ♦ low drifting snow ♦ Low Dutch ♦ low earth orbit ♦ low earth orbit satellite ♦ Low Earth Orbiting satellite ♦ low efficiency ♦ low ego ♦ low emission vehicle ♦ low energy ♦ Low Energy Antiproton Ring ♦ low enriched uranium ♦ low explosive ♦ low fat. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "low": low-ability, low-achieving, low-action, low-activity, low-addiction, low-affinity, low-al, low-alc, low-alcohol, low-alcoholic, low-alkalinity, low-altitude, low-amplitude, low-angle, low-angled, low-arched, low-area storm, low-attaining, low-back, low-backed, low-ball, low-balling, low-band, low-bandwidth, low-barrelage, low-battery, low-beam, low-beam headlight, low-beamed, low-birthweight, low-birth-weight baby, low-birth-weight infant, low-blink-rate, low-boiling, low-born, low-bottom, low-bouncing, low-breasted, low-bred, low-bridge, low-brimmed, low-brow, low-browed, low-budget, low-built, low-bulk, low-burnt, low-bush blueberry, low-cal, low-calcium, low-calibre, low-caloric, low-calorie, low-calorie diet, low-caloried, low-capacity, low-carat, low-carbohydrate, low-carbon steel, low-caste, low-ceilinged, low-charge, low-chlorine, low-cholesterol, Low-church, Low-churchism, Low-churchman, Low-churchmanship, low-circulation, low-class, low-clouded, low-co, low-communication, low-conductivity, low-consumption, low-context, low-contrast, low-copy, low-cost, low-coupon, low-credibility, low-cross, low-crowned, low-current, low-cut, low-cut neck, low-damage, low-damping, low-decibel, low-degree, low-density, low-density lipoprotein, low-dependency, low-distortion, low-dose, low-down, low-dwellers, low-earners, low-earning, low-earth, low-emission, low-emissions, low-emissivity, low-end, low-energy, low-enough, low-enriched, low-fare, low-fat, low-fat diet, low-fat milk, low-feeding, low-fi, low-fibre, low-fidelity, low-finesse, low-flier, low-floor, low-flow, low-fluid, low-flush, low-flying, low-freezing, low-frequency, low-friction, low-front, low-gabled, low-gain, low-glare, Low-Grade, low-grade, low-grade lymphomas, low-ground-pressure, low-grower, low-growing, low-grown, low-growth, low-handicap, low-hanging, Low-heel, low-heeled, Low-heels, low-high, low-hour, low-humidity, low-impact, low-impedance, low-income, low-income, low-income-level, low-inductance, low-inflation, low-inflationary, low-information, low-input, low-intelligence, low-intensity, low-intensive, low-interest, low-interest-rate, low-intermediate, low-inventory, low-investment, low-ish, low-key, low-keyed, low-labelling, low-latency, low-latitude, low-latitudes, low-left, low-level, low-level formatting, low-level language, low-level radioactive waste, low-levels, low-life, low-lifer, low-lifers, low-lifes, low-light, low-lit, Low-lived, low-load, low-loader, low-loaders, low-loading, low-loss, low-low-low, low-luminosity, low-lying, low-magnification, low-magnitude, low-maintenance, low-manpower, low-margin, low-mass, low-meat, low-medium, low-melt-fraction, low-melting, low-mg, low-mid, low-mileage, Low-minded, Low-mindedness, low-molecular, low-molecular-weight, Low-Molecular-Weight, low-multiplier, low-necked, low-nitrate, low-nitrogen, low-no, low-noise, low-normal, low-nox, low-octane, Low-odour, low-oestrogen, low-or, low-order, low-output, low-paid, low-pass, low-pass filter, low-pay, low-paying, low-paying-jobs, low-percentage, low-performance, low-performanced, low-performing, low-pitched, low-placed, low-point, low-polluting, low-power, low-powered, low-preference, low-pressure, Low-pressure steam, Low-pressure steam engine, low-prestige, low-prevalence, low-price, low-priced, low-priced goods, low-print-run, low-priority, low-probability, low-production, low-productivity, low-profile, low-profiling, low-profit, low-protein, low-quality, low-radiation, low-rainfall, low-rank, low-ranking, low-rate, low-rated, low-ratio, low-reflectance, low-register, low-relief, low-reliefs, low-rent, low-resolution, low-return, low-rev, low-revs, low-revving, low-rise, low-risk, low-roi, low-roofed, low-rumped, low-salaried, low-salt, low-salt diet, low-scoring, low-season, low-security, low-set, low-silled, low-sized, low-skill, low-skilled, low-skills, low-slung, low-smoke, low-sodium, low-sodium diet, low-solvent, low-speed, low-spending, low-spirited, low-spiritedly, low-spiritedness, low-spoken, low-spreading, low-standard, low-standing, low-start, low-status, low-storied, low-stretch, low-stringency, Low-studded, low-sudsing, low-sugar, low-suit, low-sulfur, low-sulphur, low-supervision, low-symmetry, low-tack, low-tar, low-tax, low-taxation, low-tech, low-technology, low-temperature, low-tension, low-tension anode, low-theory, Low-thoughted, low-throated, low-ticket, low-tide, low-tides, low-time, low-to, low-to-medium, low-toned, low-torque, low-trajectory, low-trust, low-tune, low-turnout, low-u, low-unemployment, low-use, low-user, low-value, low-valued, low-velocity, low-viscosity, low-visibility, low-viz, low-voiced, low-voltage, low-voltage-drop, low-volume, low-wage, low-wage group, low-waged, low-waisted, low-walled, low-warp loom, low-warp-loom, low-water, low-water mark, low-water-content, low-water-mark, low-watt, low-wattage, low-weight, low-wing, low-winged, Low-xxxx, low-yield, low-yielding, low-zone tolerance. | |
Ending with "low": medium-low, ultra-low. | |
Containing "low": high-low-jack, high-quality-low-cost, square-low detection, ultra-low-volume, very-low-fat, very-low-frequency. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
low rider | 12,291 | low fat | 813 |
get low | 5,917 | low rider girl | 771 |
low carb diet | 4,815 | low cost web hosting | 760 |
low carb recipe | 4,204 | low rider bicycle | 744 |
low airfare | 2,803 | low income housing | 730 |
low carb food | 2,620 | low rider truck | 726 |
low fat recipe | 2,499 | low carbohydrate | 677 |
low carbohydrate diet | 2,194 | low level format utility | 673 |
low rider bike | 2,156 | low blood sugar | 644 |
low carb | 2,057 | low rider art | 627 |
low blood pressure | 1,639 | low rider arte | 619 |
low rider car | 1,470 | low fare | 555 |
low | 1,388 | low calorie recipe | 520 |
low carbohydrate food | 1,269 | low mortgage rate | 500 |
low rider magazine | 1,239 | low level format | 497 |
low interest credit card | 1,088 | low rider picture | 490 |
low cholesterol diet | 1,012 | low back pain | 427 |
get low lyrics | 963 | low voltage lighting | 413 |
low carbohydrate recipe | 901 | low cost health insurance | 384 |
low fat diet | 886 | low rider pic | 348 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "low"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | Platduits (Low German), Nederduits (Low German). (various references) | |
Albanian | në mënyrë të ulët, bulurin, dekolte (low-necked), i dobët (anaemic, anemic, bad, cachectic, characterless, cheesy, delicate, Dickey, dicky, dim, Dotty, enervate, faint, fainting, feeble, flabby, flaccid, gone, ill-conditioned, impaired, indolent, inferior, infirm, insubstantial, knock kneed, lame, lamentable, languid, languorous, lax, lean, meager, meagre, mean, measly, milk and water, nerveless, pale, pimping, pithless, poky, poor, puny, queasy, reckling, remiss, remote, rotten, rundown, scraggy, scrannel, scrawny, scrofulous, seared, shoddy, skinny, slack, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, soft, spare, squeamish, tender, thin, third rate, Twiggy, weak, weakly, woozy), i hapur (ajar, blunt, champaign, direct, exposed, forthright, Frank, free, heart-to-heart, honest, hospitable, naked, open, open-hearted, overground, overt, pervious, plain, public, straightforward, unclosed, uncovered), i ndyrë (abject, atrocious, bloody, contaminated, cotton-picking, crappy, dirty, filthy, foul, hoggish, horrid, lousy, low down, mangy, muddy, nasty, piggish, puddly, salacious, shut in, sordid, squalid, stained, stinking, vile, villainous), i pafavorshëm (adverse, contrary, disadvantageous, hostile, unfavorable, unfavourable, untoward), bulurimë, i ulët (base, contemptible, dark, deep, down, gentle, give away, humble, ignoble, infamous, low down, low lying, lowly, mean, modest, nasty, nefarious, petty, primary, rascally, scrubby, scurvy, shoddy, subdued, vile, villainous, vulgar), zonë e presionit të ulët, në mbarim (all up, dying, up), nivel i ulët, pëllas (bellow, Bray, heehaw, moo), pallje (bellow, moo, mooing), poshtë (below, beneath, down, downstairs, infra, under, underneath), ulët, vulgar (banal, coarse, common, gross, low-lived, low-minded, raffish, ribald, tawdry, vulgar, vulgarian), i pakët (exiguous, few, lean, limited, little, marginal, meager, meagre, measly, modest, narrow, picayune, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimpy, skimpy, slender, small, spare, sparing, thin, wee). (various references) | |
Arabic | قصير (scrubby, short, shortened, squabby, squat, stumpy), أدني (less, lesser, lower, nethermost), خافت (dim, faint, soft, subdued), خسيس (abject, base, contemptible, dastardly, despicable, ignoble, loon, lousy, lowly, mean, paltry, pooch, reptile, ruffian, scruffy, servile, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, small change, sordid, vile, villainous), خوار (bell, bellow, bellowing, faint-hearted, moo, mooing, roar), ضعيف (atonic, cold, crazy, deficient, delicate, dim, emaciated, enervate, faint, feckless, feeble, flabby, flagging, fragile, frail, haggard, helpless, impotent, inaudible, infirm, invertebrate, lame, languid, languorous, lank, lean, limp, little, lower, nerveless, pale, powered, powerless, puny, rickety, run down, scant, scrawny, slender, slight, slim, small, soft, softy, streaked, supine, tenuous, thin, thready, toothless, unsubstantial, wan, weak, weakened, weakling, weakly, wimp, wishy washy), سافل (black sheep, dirty, immoral, mean, pedestrian, raffish, varmint), بخس (cheap), وضيع (contemptible, cowardly, grubby, humble, inferior, low-grade, lowly, mean, menial, scabby, scaly, scruffy, scurvy, slavish, slight, snide, vile), فظ (abrupt, blunt, boor, boorish, brusque, brutish, burly, chuffy, churlish, clownish, coarse, country, crude, crusty, curt, discourteous, earthy, grievous, gross, gruff, hairy, harsh, hoarse, ill mannered, impolite, indelicate, mannerless, obdurate, off hand, plug ugly, precipitous, rough, rough and ready, rude, ruffianly, rugged, rustic, savage, scathe, serious, shaggy, short, sour, surly, uncivil, uncouth, unkind, unmannerly, unprintable), لئيم (base, depraved, evil, mean, miscreant), نزل (bring down, camp, cantonal, climb down, come down, decline, depress, descend, drop, get down, get off, glide, go down, hostel, inn, lodge, lodging house, lower, miscreant, move, nest, pull down, put down, rascal, reach down, road house, scab, scroll, send, shade, sink, slip down, step down, take down, tavern), محبط (depressed, frustrate, frustrated, frustrating, grim, spiritless), منخفض (depressed, depression, fading, faint, soft), منخفض جوي (trough), منحط (base, decadent, degenerate, degraded, ignoble, low down, low-grade, lowly, mean, vile), حقير (abject, base, beggarly, blackguardly, cheap, despicable, dingy, dirty, frowzy, grubby, ignoble, inferior, insignificant, lousy, low down, lowly, mean, menial, niggling, paltry, pettifogger, petty, pip squeak, pitiable, pitiful, poor, popinjay, rotten, scabby, scaly, scoundrelly, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, servile, shabby, shoddy, slavish, slim, slushy, small minded, snide, sod, squalid, swine, tacky, trifling, ungracious, unworthy, varmint, vile, villainous, worthless, wretched). (various references) | |
Basque | baxu. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | неприлично, подло (basely, dirtily, foully, meanly), подъл (base, blackguardly, caitiff, creeping, dastardly, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, dirt, dirty, dishonorable, dishonourable, jesuitic, jesuitical, low down, low-minded, mean, mean-spirited, miscreant, recreant, reptile, scurvy, shabby, snaky, sneaking, sneaky, snide, vile, villainous), пренебрежителен (depreciatory, derogatory, disparaging, scornful, uncomplitary), прост (abc, artless, childlike, common, commonplace, easy, elemental, elementary, funky, grave, homelike, homespun, humble, illiberal, native, onefold, open and shut, ordinary, plain, prime, primitive, rugged, rustic, simple, sleazy, straight, straightforward, uncomplicated, unpretentious, vulgar), първа скорост, близо до екватора, муча (bellow, moo), мучене (bellow, moo), мъртъв (cold, dead, dull, extinct, lifeless, set), низко (meanly), ниско, ниско равнище, долен (abject, base, bottom, contemptible, currish, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inferior, iniquitous, lower, low-grade, mangy, mean, mean-spirited, rascal, ratty, reptile, rotten, scaly, scurvy, shady, under, unworthy, vile, villainous), нисък (base, grave, keen, low-browed, low-pitched, short, thickset), унил (chap-fallen, crestfallen, dejected, down, hipped, lonesome, low-spirited, mopish, subdued, vapory, vapoury), неблагоприятен (contrary, disadvantageous, dyslogistic, inauspicious, inimical, mis-, unfavorable, unfavourable, unsuitable, untoward), невъзпитан (cubbish, ill, ill mannered, low-bred, mannerless, rude, surly, unbred, underbred, unmannered, unmannerly), некултурен (illiberal, unaccomplished), обикновен (accustomed, average, common, commonplace, everyday, familiar, frequent, homely, humdrum, matter of fact, mere, moderate, mundane, ordinary, plain, quiet, regular, routine, run of the mill, simple, trite, trivial, unaffected, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, wonted), отпаднал (faint, languorous, washed out, weak), оскъдно (meanly, scantily, sparingly), вулгарен (caddish, coarse, common, doggish, gross, gutter, loud, low-minded, raffish, raw, scurrilous, underbred, unedifying, vulgar), груб (abrupt, bearish, boeotian, brusque, callous, churlish, clownish, clumsy, coarse, coarse grained, common, crude, cubbish, curt, earthy, feral, glaring, graceless, gross, gruff, hard boiled, harsh, heavy, hoggish, homespun, horny, loutish, material, outlandish, raspy, raucous, raw, rough, rough-shod, rowdy, rude, rugged, russet, rusty, short, surly, tough, uncivil, uncouth, wild and woolly), тих (airless, breathless, calm, canny, dreamy, halcyon, noiseless, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, silent, sleepy, slow, small, soft, stealthy, still, stilly, tearless, tranquil, under, uneventful), тихо (hist, hush, inwardly, mum, piano, quiet, quietly, silently, soft, sotto voce, soundlessly, stilly), слаб (defective, dim, effeminate, faint, feeble, flabby, flaccid, flat, flimsy, impotent, irretentive, lame, lean, light, limp, liny, meager, meagre, mean, mild, nerveless, off, pale, poor, puny, queasy, rickety, scanty, scrannel, sick, sinewless, slack, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, slow, sluggish, small, soft, spare, spineless, tender, tenuous, thin, thready, unable, washy, watery, weak, weakish, weakly), слабо (faintly, flabbily, meanly, remotely, slightly, weakly), смирено (hat in hand, humbly), нисш (inferior, lower, under). (various references) | |
Catalan | baix. (various references) | |
Chinese | 低 (beneath, eloquent, talent, to hang down, to incline, to let droop, to lower). (various references) | |
Czech | levný (cheap, down-market, inexpensive, moderate), slabý (bad, decrepit, delicate, faint, fainting, feeble, fragile, frail, light, slack, tenuous, wan, watery, weak, weakly, weak-minded, weary), první rychlost, primitivní (primitive, uncivilized, wild), potichu (quietly), podřízený (inferior, junior, subordinate, underling), nevkusný (cheap, tasteless, tawdry, unsuitable), nízký (base, flat, ignoble, impure, short, sordid, squalid, tawdry, villainous), hrubý (abusive, blue, boorish, brut, brutish, coarse, coarsened, crass, crude, foul-mouthed, grating, gross, gruff, harsh, howling, knockabout, leathery, outrageous, raw, rough, rough and ready, ruddy, rude, rustic, scabrous, sylvan, uncouth, uneven, unmannerly, unprintable, vulgar), hluboký (dead, deep, heavy, profound, thick, utter), chudobnì, buèet (bellow, moo), buèení (moo), špatný (bad, black, defective, evil, faulty, ill, improper, inferior, poor, weak, wicked, worthless, wrong). (various references) | |
Danish | lav (shallow, superficial). (various references) | |
Dutch | laag (abject, base, deep, layer, nasty, vile). (various references) | |
Esperanto | malnobla (abject, base, nasty, vile), malalta. (various references) | |
Faeroese | lágur. (various references) | |
Farsi | کم (Infrequent, Junior, Light, Little, Marginal, Rare, Remote, Scant, Scanty, Scarce, Scrimpy, Skimp, Slender, Slight, Small), اندک (Lean, Light, Little, Margin, Modicum, Paucity, Pinch, Scant, Scantling, Scarce, Scrimp, Scruple, Skimpy, Slight, Whit), اهسته (Gentle, Gradual, Indistinct, Languid, Light, Slow), افتاده (Lowly, Meek, Modest, Unassuming), خفیف (Light, Small), زبانه کشیدن (Flame, Lick), دون (Lowly, Poor, Ribald, Servile, Shabby, Small, Sordid), کوتاه (Concise, Dumpy, Laconic, Little, Miniature, Punch, Short, Stocky, Stunt, Succinct, Transient), فرومایه (Abject, Base, Brassy, Currish, Ignoble, Knave, Vile), مشتعل شدن (Burn, Flame, Ignite, Light), مع مع کردن , پاءین (Below, Beneath, Bottom, Nether, Underneath), پست ومبتذل , فروتن (Courteous, Daft, Humble, Lowly, Meek, Modest, Slight, Submissive, Unassuming, Unpretentious, Venal), سربزیر (Limber, Submissive). (various references) | |
Finnish | ynistä (moo), sykloni (air-classifier, air-separator, centrifugal collector, cyclone, cyclone separator, cyclonic depression, revolving storm), matalapaineen alue (depression, low pressure area, trough), matalapaine (cyclonic depression, depression, low pressure area, trough), matala (shallow), huokea (cheap), hiljainen (dull, quiet, silent, still, taciturn), helppo (cheap, easy, facile), avokaulainen, ammua (bellow, bleat, moo, neigh), alhainen (mean, vile), alhaalla (down, down below), alava. (various references) | |
French | lâche (lousy), grave (low-pitched), allure minimale, bas (low lying, low-pitched), basse, beuglement, dépression (structural low), abject, faible, zone de basse pression (low pressure area), grossier (loutish), ignoble (low down, low-grade), inférieure, meuglement, plus bas (lower, lowermost), dépression barométrique (low pressure area). (various references) | |
Frisian | leech (empty, void). (various references) | |
German | niedrig (base, basely, blackly, humble, lowly, low-slung, mean, menial, menially, neap, sordid, squat, vile), tief (a long way, abyssal, acutely, cavernously, deep, deeply, depression, dire, grave, hearty, heavily, heavy, intense, keen, keenly, low-pitched, profound, profoundly, sound, soundly, utter, violent), nieder (base, common, down, lower-level, lowly, menial, minor, primitive), muhen (moo), gemein (abject, abominable, base, basely, beastly, bitchy, caitiff, cheap, coarse, common, cussedly, dirty, disreputable, foul, horrid, horridly, infamous, invidious, joint, lower case, malicious, maliciously, mean, meanly, miscreant, miserable, miserably, nastily, nasty, paltry, rascally, reptilian, rotten, scurillously, scurvily, scurvy, sordid, spiteful, squalid, squalidly, ugly, unkind, unkindly, vicious, vile, vilely, villainous, vulgar, wicked). (various references) | |
Greek | βαρομετρικό χαμηλό (cyclonic depression, thalweg), βαρομετρική ύφεσις (depression, low pressure area, trough), βαρομετρική ύφεση (cyclonic depression), μυκώμαι, μουγγρίζω (roar), πρόστυχοσ (bitchy, caddish, cheap, coarse, common, hangdog, ignoble, lawbred, lewd, lowdown, low-minded, mean, ornery, raffish, ratty, scurrilous, scurvy, shabby, shoddy, sordid, vile, vulgar), χαμηλόσ (scrub), χαμηλός, ευτελήσ (cheap, mean, shabby, soulless, tacky, worthless), ταπεινόσ (abject, humble, lowly, menial, reverent, unobtrusive, unpretentious). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ירוד (inferior, poor, reduced), לגעות (bleat, moo, wail, weep), שקע (depression, hollow, mortise, pan, socket, trough), שפל (base, degeneration, ebb, humble, indolent, lousy, low down, low tide, lowliness, mean, mean-spirited, meek, minimum, miscreant, ornery, recession, scabby, scamp, shabby, sordid, vile), עמוק (deep, ingrained, profound), זול (cheap, cheapness, inexpensive, meretricious, shoddy), רמה נמוכה, נמוך (short, stocky), נחות (coarse, degenerate, disadvantaged, inferior, second rate, subordinate, tinpot). (various references) | |
Hungarian | halk (faint, inaudible, quiet, soft, soft spoken, still, subdued), alacsonyan, alacsony (brief, humble, low down, low-down, lowly, pint-sized, shallow, short, small built, titchy). (various references) | |
Icelandic | lágur. (various references) | |
Indonesian | udara dingin (chill), rendah (menial), cendala (base, mean), busuk (bad, putrescent, putrid, rotten, spoiled). (various references) | |
Irish | íseal. (various references) | |
Italian | basso (base, bass, bottom, ignoble, low down, lower, Nether, shallow, short, small, superficial). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | レ点 (LAN, law, local, local area network, local color, local content, local minima, local news, local observer, low absorber, low angle, mark showing character order in Chinese texts, raw, row, tick mark), 低置 , 低い (humble, low voice, short), 低い (humble, short). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ロー (law, raw, row), ひくい (humble, short), ていち (anchorage, bottom land, depression, fixed, investigating, low ground, lowlands, plain, spying). (various references) | |
Korean | 낮은 (LO). (various references) | |
Malay | rendah. (various references) | |
Manx | keercheenagh, ishil, injil (common, common vulgar, depressed, low down, low-built, low-grade, low-level, low-lying, low-necked, low-pitched, subaltern, subdued), garroo (boisterous, coarse, coarse-fibred, crude, dirty, dirty of weather, hairy, harsh, husky, ill-mannered, jagged, naughty, pockmarked, raw, rough, rough-and-tumble, rough-spoken, rude, rugged, scraggy, stormy, stormy as sea, stubbly, uncouth, undressed, uneven, uneven as ground, vulgar), dowin (deeply, deep-rooted, involved, low-pitched, penetrating, profound, rapt, rich, secretive, thorough, uncommunicative), buirrooghey (bellowing, boom, burst, burst of sound, growl, growling, roar, roaring, rumble, thundering, thundering of sea, vociferate), buirroogh (bellow, growl, roar, rumble, trumpet, trumpet of elephant). (various references) | |
Norwegian | lav (lichen). (various references) | |
Occitan | bas, baish. (various references) | |
Papiamen | baho (abject, base, nasty, vile), abou (below, down, downstairs, underneath). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owlay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | baixo (base, bass, bass voice, basso, caitiff, common, dumpy, dwarfish, hereinafter, hollow, ignoble, lily-livered, low-down, lowered, mean, mediocre, menial, nether, obsequious, pygmean, raffish, rascally, reptile, scummy, scurrilous, scurvy, servile, shallow, short, slavish, small, sordid, superficial, vulgar, vulgarian), baixa (casualty, decrease, depression, discharge, drop, falling, low place, lowering, reduction). (various references) | |
Romanian | la pãmânt, de datã recentã, încet (at a slow pace, dawdling, dead alive, deliberate, dilatory, dull, dull-headed, easy, faint, gentle, hist, lagging, lazily, lazy, leasurely, leisurely, lingering, slack, slow, slow but steady, slowly, sluggish, soft, still, tardy, time-taking, weak), josnic (abject, base, base-minded, despicable, dirty, grovelling, grubby, infamous, little, low-minded, mean, meanly, nasty, paltry, scurrilous, scurvy, shabby, slavish, sordid, sordidly, vile), jos (below, come down, down, downstairs, here, low-pitched, under, underneath), ieftin (cheap, commonplace, fair, inexpensive, inexpensively, low-priced, modest, popular, reasonable, threepenny, trite, twopenny, worthless), grav (austere, bad, badly, critical, grave, gravely, grievously, important, low-pitched, matronal, serious, solemn, stern, weighty), micşorat (attenuate, contracted, reduced), decupat, modest (cheap, demure, diffident, discreet, frugal, grave, homely, humble, humbly, lowly, maiden, maidenly, modest, plain, quakerish, quiet, retiring, simple, unassuming, unobtrusive, unpretending, unpretentious), de curând (fresh, freshly, late, lately, latterly, new, newly, of late), comun (banal, base, common, communal, current, everyday, frequent, general, joint, mediocre, mutual, ordinary, rife, universal, usual, vulgar), şoptit (whisper, whispered, whispering), adânc (bottom, deep, deeply, depth, great, heavy, penetrating, profound, secret, sound, thick, wise), abject (abject, abjectly, cringing, mean, miserable, nefarious, slavish), abãtut (blue, cast down, crest-fallen, dejected, depressed, disheartened, dispirited, downcast, down-hearted, downsome, dumpy, gloomy, heart-heavy, heavy-hearted, in low spirits, in poor spirits, jaw-fallen, lamenting, long-faced, low-spirited, melancholy, mopish, sad, sick, useless), deprimat (cast down, crest-fallen, dejectedly, downcast, down-hearted, grumpish, low-spirited, melancholy, sick), rage (bellow, Bray, howl, roar), urât (abominable, bad, badly, boredom, dirty, ennui, filthy, foul, haggish, hateful, hideous, ill-featured, little, megrim, naughty, opprobrious, sour, squalid, tedium, ugly, unbecoming, unfairly, unsightly, vicious, villainous, wicked), umil (humble, humbly, lowly, mean, meek, modest, poor, small, submissive), slab (adynamic, angular, bad, cold, cranky, crazy, dicky, dim, Dotty, dull, faint, faintly, feckless, feeble, feebly, female, flabby, flaccid, flat, fleshless, flimsy, footless, forceless, frail, gaunt, groggy, helpless, impotent, inner, jaded, jejune, languid, languishing, languorous, lax, lean, Lenten, light, loose, meager, meagre, mean, mild, milk and water, namby-pamby, nerveless, one horse, pale, peaked, penny-a-line, pimping, poor, poorly, powerless, quiet, remotely, rickety, scraggy, scrawny, shaky, sickly, silly, skinny, slack, slight, small, soft, sorry, spare, squeal, stringent, tender, thin, washy, weak, weakly), slãbit (effete, flabby, helpless, loose, queer, weakened), scund (short, undersized), scãzut (reduced), mic (Chitty, chopping, contemptible, dwarfish, exiguous, little, mincing, minor, narrow, petty, pimping, poky, pony, poor, puny, scrubby, shallow, shoe string, short, slender, slight, small, undersized, weak, wee, young), recent (fresh, freshly, green, hot, late, lately, latter, latter day, latterly, new, newly, recent, recently, up to date), vulgar (base, broad, churlish, coarse, common, gross, large, low-lived, unrefined, vile, vulgar, vulgarly), rãu famat (ill-famed, notorious), rãsfrânt (bandy, reflected), rãget (hee haw, howl, roar), pânã la pãmânt, mugi (bellow, howl, moo, roar, trumpet), muget (bellow, bellowing, bluster, hoot, howl, moo, roar), redus (backward, dense, obtuse, reduced, scanty, small, stupid). (various references) | |
Russian | невысокий, низшая передача, низко (basely, dirtily), низкий (deep, dishonourable, give away, hangdog, ignoble, infamous, keen, lousy, low down, lowly, mean, nefarious, picayune, poor, scummy, scurvy, short, stinkard, vile, wormy), низменный (base), низина (low ground, salt-marsh, sink, wold), мычать (bellow, moo), мычание (bellow, moo, mooing). (various references) | |
Scottish | tàireil (contemptible, despicable, despising), ìosal (abject; also : ìseal, humble). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | utučen (blue, chap-fallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, dispirited, down-hearted, hangdog, heartsick, low-spirited, spiritless), tih (douce, halcyon, noiseless, peaceful, placid, quiet, stealthy, still, stilly), slab (dickey, dicky, feckless, feeble, flabby, frail, infirm, languid, languorous, meager, meagre, nerveless, poor, powerless, punk, remote, short, sickly, slim, tenuous, thin, trick, undernourished, unlikely, washy, weak), prizeman (low-minded), plitak (flat, shallow, shoal), nizak pritisak, nizak (base, low-, lowly, low-pitched, short, vile), niska tačka, mukati (moo), mukanje (bellow, moo, mooing), mali (little, lorikeet, money spinner, small), depresija (depression). (various references) | |
Spanish | bajo (bank, base, bass, bass voice, basso, below, beneath, bottom, deep, depth, despicable, down, humble, low down, low lying, lower, menial, short, small, subdued, under, underneath, would be), depresión (depression, dip, hollow, scoop, sink, slump, trough). (various references) | |
Sranan | lagi. (various references) | |
Swedish | låg (base, brute, humble, ignoble, lay, low-pitched, mean, nethermost), lågtryck (depression), gemen (accustomed, base, currish, customary, dirty, filthy, foul, friendly, ignoble, infamous, low down, lowercase, low-minded, mean, odious, scurvy, sociable, used to, usual, wicked, wonted). (various references) | |
Tagalog | mababà. (various references) | |
Thai | ต่ำต้อย, คุณภาพต่ำ (cheap, low-grade, shoddy), หมด (drain, go), หดหู่ใจ (downcast, grief-stricken), รู้สึกไม่สบาย, มีคุณค่าอาหารต่ำ, ในราคาที่ต่ำ, ต่ำกว่าระดับปกติ, อ่อนแรง, ชั้นต่ำ, น้อย (few), เสียงต่ำ. (various references) | |
Turkish | alçak (abandoned, abject, base, baseborn, blackguard, contemptible, cowardly, dastardly, heel, humble, ignoble, lousy, low down, lowrise, misbegotten, nasty, nefarious, no good, rascally, ravisher, recreant, scoundrel, scoundrelly, short, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, sordid, squat, swab, swob, vile, villainous). (various references) | |
Turkmen | pes (short, undistinguished), зцr, зцket (lower). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ревти (bell, bellow, chide, roar), тихо (hush, quietly, shush, silently, slowly, small, stilly), тихий (airless, calm, dormant, noiseless, peaceful, quiet, silent, soundless, still, stilly, under), вульгарний (banal, blatant, caddish, coarse, gross, low down, non-u, parvenu, raffish, unladylike, vapid, vulgar, vulgarian), невисокорозвинутий, невисокий (base, lowly), низько (basely), низький рівень, низький (base, bass, dirty, low down, niddering, short), нижчий від норми, мукати (moo), мукання (moo), принижено. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | lùn thấp, không bổ (innutritious, unnourishing), bé (small), cạn thấp bé, chậm thấp hèn, hèm mọn yếu, hạ (petty), ở bậc dưới; tầm thường, kém ăn, ti tiện (blithering, caitiff, miscreant, paltry, small), mức thấp, ngọn lửa, nhỏ thấp, suy nhược (depressed), thấp, kém (coarse, less, poor, third-rate, vile). (various references) | |
Welsh | isel (base, depressed, humble). (various references) | |
Wolof | ndànk (slowly/in a low voice). (various references) | |
Yucatec | taam (deep, profound). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | sig. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | angusta, angustam, angusti, angustiorem, angusto, angustos, angustum, angustus, dimissa, dimissam, dimissi, dimissis, dimisso, dimissum, dimissus, foedam, foede, foedum, foedus, humile, humilem, humiles, humili, humilia, humilibus, humilior, humiliora, humiliorem, humiliores, humilis, humiliter, humilium, humillima, mugientem, mugientes, mugientium, mugierunt, mugiet, mugio, mugistis, mugitu, sordida, sordidam, sordidis, sordido, sordidos, sordidum. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | bassus. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | bas. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 1, Verse 52 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kaqeilen dunastaV apo qronwn kai uywsen tapeinouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Deposuit potentes de sede et exaltavit humiles |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | He awearp þa rican of setle. and ða eaðmodan up ahof; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | He sette doun myyti men fro sete, and enhaunside meke men. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | He putteth doune the myghty from their seates and exalteth them of lowe degre. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 1, Verse 52 |
| Cebuano | iyang gipapha ang mga makagagahum gikan sa ilang mga trono, ug iyang gituboy ang mga timawag kahimtang; |
| Croatian | Silne zbaci s prijestolja, a uzvisi neznatne. |
| Danish | Han har nedstødt mægtige fra Troner og ophøjet ringe. |
| Dutch | Hij heeft machtigen van de tronen afgetrokken, en nederigen heeft Hij verhoogd. |
| Finnish | Hän on kukistanut valtiaat valtaistuimilta ja korottanut alhaiset. |
| French | Il a renversé les puissants de leurs trônes, Et il a élevé les humbles. |
| German | Er stößt die Gewaltigen vom Stuhl und erhebt die Niedrigen. |
| Haitian Creole | Li desann chèf ki te byen chita nan fotèy yo. Li leve moun ki pa gen pretansyon yo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Raja-raja diturunkan-Nya dari takhta dan orang hina ditinggikan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Ia menurunkan raja dari atas takhtanya, dan meninggikan orang yang rendah. |
| Italian | ha rovesciato i potenti dai troni, ha innalzato gli umili; |
| Manx Gaelic | T'eh er lhieggal sheese ny treanee veih nyn stuill-reeoil, as er hoiaghey seose ny imlee. |
| Maori | Kua whakataka e ia nga piriniha i o ratou torona, a whakateiteitia ake ana te hunga iti. |
| Norwegian | han støtte stormenn fra deres høiseter og ophøiet de små; |
| Portuguese | depôs dos tronos os poderosos, e elevou os humildes. |
| Rumanian | A rqsturnat pe cei puternici de pe scaunele lor de domnie, wi a knqlyat pe cei smeriyi. |
| Russian | ОЙЪМПЦЙМ УЙМШОЩИ У РТЕУФПМПЧ, Й ЧПЪОЕУ УНЙТЕООЩИ; |
| Shuar | Ashí akupin ainia nuna awakkaruiti. Tura íksan péejchach ainia nuna uunt awajsaruiti. |
| Swahili | amewashusha wenye nguvu kutoka vitu vyao vya enzi, akawakweza wanyenyekevu. |
| Swedish | Härskare har han störtat från deras troner, och ringa män har han upphöjt; |
| Uma | Magau' -magau' napohu ngkai pangka' -ra. Tauna to dingki' tuwu' -ra napomolangko. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "low": lowball, lowballed, lowballing, lowballs, lowborn, lowboy, lowboys, lowbred, lowbrow, lowbrows, lowdown, lowdowns, lowe, lowed, lower, lowercase, lowercased, lowercases, lowercasing, lowerclassman, lowerclassmen, lowered, lowering, lowermost, lowers, lowery, lowes, lowest, lowing, lowings, lowish, lowland, lowlander, lowlanders, lowlands, lowlier, lowliest, lowlife, lowlifer, lowlifers, lowlifes, lowlight, lowlights, lowlihead, lowliheads, lowliness, lowlinesses, lowlives, lowly, lown, lowness. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "low": afterglow, aglow, airflow, airglow, allow, alow, alpenglow, backflow, barlow, bedfellow, bellow, below, billow, blow, bungalow, callow, counterblow, counterflow, dayglow, deathblow, disallow, fallow, fellow, flow, flyblow, follow, furbelow, gangplow, glow, hallow, hereinbelow, hollow, inflow, interflow, mallow, marshmallow, mellow, mudflow, nightglow, outflow, outglow, overblow, overflow, overslow, pillow, playfellow, plow, reflow, reglow, sallow, schoolfellow. (additional references) | |
Words containing "low": afterglows, airflows, airglows, allowable, allowably, allowance, allowanced, allowances, allowancing, allowed, allowedly, allowing, allows, alpenglows, backflows, barlows, beclown, beclowned, beclowning, beclowns, bedfellows, beflower, beflowered, beflowering, beflowers, bellflower, bellflowers, bellowed, bellower, bellowers, bellowing, bellows, belowdecks, belowground, belows, billowed, billowier, billowiest, billowing, billows, billowy, blanketflower, blanketflowers, blowback, blowbacks, blowball, blowballs, blowby, blowbys, blowdown, blowdowns. (additional references) | |
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"Low" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: elow, eow, iow, kow, Lacw, laow, lauw, Lawji, lawt, ldo, Leuw, lewo, lewp, liq, liw, liwa, lkw, Lliw, llo, llow, loaw, loew, Loewi, lof, Loh, loi, lom, loq, lor, lou, lov, lovw, lowa, lowe, lowii, lowl, lown, lowo, lowr, lowt, lowx, Lowy, lowz, loz, lsw, luaw, luj, luow, luq, luw, luwd, lvo, okw, ol, Oow, ow, oww, Ulo, Ulowi, zow. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "low" (pronounced lō") |
| 2 | l ō" | aglow, below, blow, floe, flow, glow, hello, lo, Lowe, overflow, plough, rouleau, sloe, slow, tableau, tableaux. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: owl. | |
| Words within the letters "l-o-w" | |
-1 letter: lo, ow, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "l-o-w" | |
+1 letter: alow, awol, blow, bowl, cowl, flow, fowl, glow, howl, jowl, lowe, lown, lows, owls, plow, slow, wold, wolf, wool, yowl. | |
+2 letters: aglow, allow, awols, below, blown, blows, blowy, bowel, bowls, clown, cowls, dowel, elbow, flown, flows, fowls, glows, growl, howls, jowls, jowly, lowed, lower, lowes, lowly, lowse, owlet, plows, prowl, rowel, scowl, slows, towel, vowel, waldo, whole, whorl, wilco, woald, woful, wolds, wolfs, wools, wooly, world, would, yowls. | |
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