low : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb for a relatively small amount of money
  for a bargain price; for a song.
  
  • we bought the house for a song

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• adverb in or to a place that is lower
  beneath; below; at a lower place.
  

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• noun British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
  David Low; Sir David Alexander Cecil Low; Low.
  

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• noun below 3 kilohertz
  ELF.
  

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• adverb everywhere
  
  • searched high and low

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• everywhere; in all supposable places; as, I hunted high and low. Colloq.

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• noun poker in which the high and low hands split the pot
  

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High"-low` noun

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1. A laced boot, ankle high.

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• noun card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game
  all fours.
  

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• adverb in an undertone
  sotto voce.
  
  • he uttered a curse sotto voce

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• utterly; completely; in every respect. Obs. Chaucer.

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• adverb in a dejected manner
  dejectedly.
  
  • when she came back Sophie and Esther were sitting dejectedly in the kitchen

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• adjective satellite put out of action (by illness)
  stricken.
  

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• verb keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous
  
• verb to try to avoid detection especially by police
  
  • After we knock off that liquor store we'll have to lay low for a while

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• noun a group of about 80 coral islands in French Polynesia
  Tuamotu Archipelago; Paumotu Archipelago.
  

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• noun the beam of a car's headlights that provides illumination for a short distance
  

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• noun unscrupulous abuse
  

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• noun low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries
  Vaccinium pennsylvanicum; low blueberry; Vaccinium angustifolium.
  

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• noun brass with 30% (or less) zinc
  

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• . See High Church, under High.

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• noun a comedy characterized by slapstick and burlesque
  

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• noun the lowland region of western Europe on the North Sea: Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands
  

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• the Netherlands.

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• noun a rarified quality
  tenuity; rarity.
  
  • the tenuity of the upper atmosphere

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• noun an explosive with a low rate of combustion
  

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• noun 30 to 300 kilohertz
  LF.
  
• noun a pitch that is perceived as below other pitches
  low frequency.
  

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• noun an evergreen shrub
  

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• noun the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
  low; first gear; first.
  

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• noun a German dialect spoken in northern Germany
  Plattdeutsch.
  

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• etc. See under German, Latin, etc.

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• noun any dialect of Latin other than the classical
  

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• noun flight at very low altitudes
  terrain flight.
  

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• humble life.

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• noun a Mass recited without music
  

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• a process of making flour from grain by a single grinding and by siftings.

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• noun a pitch that is perceived as below other pitches
  low frequency.
  

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• noun a state of low visibility in which public notice is avoided
  
  • he was never one to keep a low profile

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• noun an inferior quality
  inferiority.
  

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• noun a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut
  basso rilievo; bas relief; basso relievo.
  

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• . See Bas-relief.

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• (Arch.), a peculiar form of window common in mediæval churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line of the windows, and in many different situations in the building.

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• noun a state of mild depression
  

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• despondency.

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• noun low shrubby plant having yellow flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; Bermuda and southeastern United States to West Indies and eastern Mexico
  Hypericum hypericoides.
  

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• noun a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
  lowliness; lowness.
  

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• steam having a low pressure.

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• steel which contains only a small proportion of carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling.

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• noun the Sunday following Easter
  

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• the Sunday next after Easter; popularly so called.

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• noun the absence of heat
  frigidness; cold; coldness; frigidity.
  
  • the coldness made our breath visible
  • come in out of the cold
  • cold is a vasoconstrictor

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• noun the lowest (farthest) ebb of the tide
  low tide.
  

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• the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its lowest point; low water.

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• noun the lowest (farthest) ebb of the tide
  low tide.
  

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• . (a) The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the in a river, lake, etc. (b) (Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the boiler.

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• (Steam Boiler), a contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water is low.

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• that part of the shore to which the waters recede when the tide is the lowest. Bouvier.

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• a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still; often in the plural.

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• adjective satellite occurring at a relatively low altitude
  low-altitude.
  
  • a low-level strafing run

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• adjective satellite having a low back
  

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• adjective satellite used of headlights
  
  • following with low-beam headlights

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• noun an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age
  low-birth-weight baby.
  
  • a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor

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• noun an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age
  low-birth-weight baby.
  
  • a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor

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• adjective satellite made on or suited to a limited budget
  
  • a low-budget movie
  • a low-budget menu

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• noun low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries
  Vaccinium pennsylvanicum; low blueberry; Vaccinium angustifolium.
  

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• adjective satellite having relatively few calories
  lite; light; calorie-free.
  
  • diet cola
  • light (or lite) beer
  • lite (or light) mayonnaise
  • a low-cal diet

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• noun a diet that is low on calories
  

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• noun steel with less than 0.15% carbon
  mild steel; soft-cast steel.
  

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• adjective satellite having a lower than normal ceiling
  

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Low"-church` adjective

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1. Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms; -- applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to high-church. See High Church, under High.

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Low"-church`ism noun

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1. The principles of the low-church party.

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Low"-church`man noun

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1. One who holds low-church principles.

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Low"-church`man*ship noun

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1. The state of being a low-churchman.

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• adjective occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
  low-class.
  

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• adjective satellite that you have the financial means for
  low-cost; affordable.
  
  • low-cost housing

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• adjective satellite (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline
  decollete; low-cut.
  
  • a low-cut neckline
• adjective satellite having a low-cut back
  
  • a backless dress

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• adjective satellite having low relative density or specific gravity
  
• adjective satellite having low concentration
  
  • low-density urban areas

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• noun a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; composed of moderate amount of protein and a large amount of cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis
  beta-lipoprotein; LDL.
  

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• noun slang terms for inside information
  dope; the skinny; poop.
  
  • is that the straight dope?
• adjective satellite of the most contemptible kind
  scurvy; scummy; low; abject; miserable.
  
  • 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
• adjective satellite (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
  funky.
  

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• noun a diet containing limited amounts of fat and stressing foods high in carbohydrates; used in treatment of some gallbladder conditions
  

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• noun milk from which some of the cream has been removed
  

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• adjective satellite of inferior quality
  

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• adjective satellite of plants that grow relatively low to the ground
  ground-hugging; flat-growing.
  

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• adjective (used of loans) charging a relatively small percentage of the amount borrowed
  

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• adjective satellite restrained in style or quality
  low-key; subdued.
  
  • a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence

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• adjective satellite restrained in style or quality
  low-key; subdued.
  
  • a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence

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• adjective satellite not intense
  
  • low-level radiation
• adjective lower in rank or importance
  subordinate.
  
• adjective satellite at a low level in rank or importance
  
  • a low-level job
  • low-level discussions
• adjective satellite occurring at a relatively low altitude
  low-altitude.
  
  • a low-level strafing run

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• noun (computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position
  initialization; initialisation.
  

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• noun (medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests)
  

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Low"-lived` adjective

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1. Characteristic of, or like, one bred in a low and vulgar condition of life; mean dishonorable; contemptible; as, low-lived dishonesty.

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• adjective satellite having a small elevation above the ground or horizon or sea level
  
  • low-lying clouds
• adjective satellite lying below the normal level
  sea-level.
  
  • a low-lying desert

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Low"-mind`ed adjective

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1. Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind.

   Low-minded and immoral. Macaulay.

   All old religious jealousies were condemned as low-minded infirmities. Bancroft.

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Low"-mind`ed*ness noun

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1. The quality of being lowminded; meanness; baseness.

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• adjective satellite (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline
  decollete; low-cut.
  
  • a low-cut neckline

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Low"-necked` adjective

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1. Cut low in the neck; decollete; -- said of a woman's dress.

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• noun a filter that passes frequencies below a certain value and attenuates frequencies above that value
  

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• adjective used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
  low.
  
• adjective satellite set at a low angle or slant
  
  • a low-pitched roof

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• adjective satellite having little power to do work
  
  • a low-powered engine

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• adjective satellite not forceful
  
  • a low-pressure salesman
  • a low-pressure campaign

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Low"-pres`sure adjective

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1. Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.

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• adjective satellite that you have the financial means for
  low-cost; affordable.
  
  • low-cost housing

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• adjective of computer output devices; producing images that are not sharply defined
  

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• adjective used of buildings of one or only a few stories and usually no elevator; low
  
  • looking out over the roofs of low-rise apartment buildings

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• noun a diet that limits the intake of salt (sodium chloride); often used in treating hypertension or edema or certain other disorders
  salt-free diet; low-salt diet.
  

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• adjective satellite short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
  squat; squatty; chunky; dumpy; stumpy.
  
  • some people seem born to be square and chunky
  • a dumpy little dumpling of a woman
  • dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears
  • a little church with a squat tower
  • a squatty red smokestack
  • a stumpy ungainly figure
• adjective satellite lower than average
  lowset.
  
  • lowset ears
  • a stocky low-set animal

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• noun a diet that limits the intake of salt (sodium chloride); often used in treating hypertension or edema or certain other disorders
  salt-free diet; low-salt diet.
  

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• adjective satellite filled with melancholy and despondency
  blue; downhearted; dispirited; down in the mouth; depressed; downcast; down; gloomy; low; grim.
  
  • 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

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Low"-spir`it*ed adjective

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1. Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly. -- Low"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.

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• noun a feeling of low spirits
  dejectedness; lowness; downheartedness; dispiritedness.
  
  • he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits

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Low"-stud`ded adjective

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1. Furnished or built with short studs; as, a low-studded house or room.

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• adjective (used of e.g. detergents) producing few suds
  

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• adjective not involving high technology
  

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• adjective subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage
  low-tension.
  

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Low"-thought`ed adjective

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1. Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects.

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• adjective satellite very low in volume
  low.
  
  • a low murmur
  • the low-toned murmur of the surf

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• adjective subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage
  low-tension.
  

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• noun a handloom in which the warp is carried horizontally; for weaving tapestry
  

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• noun an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
  nadir.
  
• noun a line marking the lowest level reached
  

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• noun the lower of two berths
  lower.
  

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• noun (mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set
  

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• noun a mountainous peninsula on northwest Mexico
  Baja California.
  

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• noun cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm
  vambrace.
  

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• noun from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects
  Missippian period; Lower Carboniferous; Mississippian.
  

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• noun from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects
  Missippian period; Lower Carboniferous; Mississippian.
  

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• noun the social class lowest in the social hierarchy
  underclass.
  

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• noun any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court
  inferior court.
  

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• noun the study of existing manuscripts of the Scriptures in order to determine the original text
  

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• noun the deck below the main deck
  third deck.
  

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• noun one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; consists of the Nile delta
  

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• noun the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
  jowl; mandible; lower jaw; submaxilla; mandibula; mandibular bone; jawbone.
  

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• noun the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
  jowl; mandible; lower jaw; submaxilla; mandibula; mandibular bone; jawbone.
  

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• noun the smallest possible quantity
  minimum.
  
• noun the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something
  

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• noun the deeper part of the mantle
  

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• verb debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
  stoop; condescend.
  
  • I won't stoop to reading other people's mail

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• noun the oldest part of the Paleolithic Age with the emergence of the hand ax; ended about 120,000 years ago
  

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• noun the part of northern Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron
  

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• noun the state of being inferior
  lower rank; inferiority.
  

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• noun infection of the lower respiratory tract
  

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• noun the bronchi and lungs
  

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• noun any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract; used for cytologic study of cancer and other diseases of the lungs
  bronchoscopic smear; sputum smear.
  

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• noun a state in northwestern Germany
  

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• noun the state of being inferior
  lower rank; inferiority.
  

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• noun a river that arises to the north of Lake Baikal and flows north and west to the Yenisei River
  Tunguska.
  

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Low"er-case` adjective

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1. (Print.) Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3.

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• noun the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
  minuscule; lowercase; small letter.
  

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• adjective occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
  low-class.
  

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• adjective satellite occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society
  

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• noun a division of Normandy
  Basse-Normandie.
  

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• adjective satellite inferior in rank or status
  petty; junior-grade; lowly; subaltern; secondary.
  
  • the junior faculty
  • a lowly corporal
  • petty officialdom
  • a subordinate functionary

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• noun the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers
  lcm; least common multiple.
  
  • the least common multiple of 12 and 18 is 36

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• noun Low German from 1100 to 1500
  

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• adverb on a floor below
  below; down the stairs; downstairs.
  
  • the tenants live downstairs

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• verb to be spent or finished
  go; run short.
  
  • The money had gone after a few days
  • Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest

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• noun British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
  David Low; Sir David Alexander Cecil Low; Low.
  

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• noun British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
  David Low; Sir David Alexander Cecil Low; Low.
  

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• to haul it down, in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of surrender.

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• adverb in or to a place that is lower
  beneath; below; at a lower place.
  

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• to remain in concealment or inactive. Slang

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• to lower them to the gunwale.

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• adverb used to form the superlative
  least.
  
  • The garter snake is the least dangerous snake

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• adjective satellite occupying the upper part of the lower class
  

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• noun large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides; VLDLs circulate through the blood giving up their triglycerides to fat and muscle tissue until the VLDL remnants are modified and converted into LDL
  VLDL.
  

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• noun 3 to 30 kilohertz
  VLF.
  

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