lawed English
Verb
(head)
(lawe)
lawe English
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
Verb
To cut off the claws and balls of (e.g. a dog's forefeet).
- (Wright)
( Webster 1913)
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lowed English
Verb
(head)
(low)
Anagrams
*
low English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lowe, lohe, . More at lie.
Adjective
( er)
In a position comparatively close to the ground.
Small in height.
Situated below the normal level, or the mean elevation.
Depressed, sad.
- low spirits
- I felt low at Christmas with no family to celebrate with.
Not high in amount or quantity.
- Food prices are lower in a supermarket than in a luxury department store.
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Of a pitch, suggesting a lower frequency.
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Quiet; soft; not loud.
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Despicable; lacking dignity; vulgar.
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- a person of low mind
- a low trick or stratagem
Lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak.
- a low pulse
- made low by sickness
Being near the equator.
- the low northern latitudes
Humble in character or status.
* Milton
- Why but to keep ye low and ignorant?
* Felton
- In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull.
Simple in complexity or development.
Designed for the slowest speed, as in low gear .
Articulated with a wide space between the flat tongue and the palette.
(phonetics) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate.
(archaic) Not rich, highly seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple.
- a low diet
Synonyms
* (in a position comparatively close to the ground) nether, underslung
* (small in height) short, small
* (depressed) blue, depressed, down, miserable, sad, unhappy, gloomy
* reduced, devalued, low-level
* low-pitched, deep, flat
* low-toned, soft
* (despicable thing to do) immoral, abject, scummy, scurvy
Antonyms
* (in a position comparatively close to the ground) high
Derived terms
* high and low
* lowball
* low blow
* low bridge
* low-budget
* low-cost
* Low Countries
* low-cut
* lower
* lowercase
* low-fat
* Low German
* low-grade
* low island
* lowland
* Low Latin
* low-level
* low loader
* lowly
* low-lying
* low road
* low tide
Noun
( en noun)
Something that is low; a low point.
- You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.
- ''Economic growth has hit a new low .
A depressed mood or situation.
- He is in a low right now
(meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
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.
(card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
(slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
- He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low .
Adverb
( er)
Close to the ground.
Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
* Shakespeare
- Can sing both high and low .
With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
- to speak low
* Tennyson
- The odorous wind / Breathes low between the sunset and the moon.
Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
- He sold his wheat low .
In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
* '>citation
In a time approaching our own.
* John Locke
- In that part of the world which was first inhabited, even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds.
(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.
Verb
( en verb)
(obsolete) To depress; to lower.
- (Jonathan Swift)
Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at laugh.
Verb
(head)
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Etymology 3
From (etyl) . More at claim.
Verb
( en verb)
To moo.
- The cattle were lowing .
* Gray
- The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.
Etymology 4
From (etyl) lowe, loghe, from (etyl) . More at leye, light.
Alternative forms
* lowe
Noun
( en noun)
(countable, UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
Verb
( en verb)
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To burn; to blaze.
- (Burns)
Etymology 5
From (etyl) . Obsolete by the 19th century, survives in toponymy as -low.
Alternative forms
* lawe
Noun
( en noun)
, mound, tumulus.
- A barrow or Low, such as were usually cast up over the bodies of eminent Captains.'' (Robert Plot, ''The natural history of Staffordshire , 1686; cited after OED).
(Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.
- And some they brought the brown lint-seed, and flung it down from the Low.'' (Mary Howitt, ''Ballads and other poems 1847)
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