From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
low
adv 1: in a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung
low"
adj 1: less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low
prices"; "the reservoir is low" [ant: high]
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"
[ant: high]
3: very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of
the surf" [syn: low, low-toned]
4: unrefined in character; "low comedy"
5: used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency [syn:
low, low-pitched] [ant: high, high-pitched]
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" [syn: abject, low, low-down, miserable,
scummy, scurvy]
7: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a
lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small
beginnings" [syn: humble, low, lowly, modest,
small]
8: no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are
depleted" [syn: depleted, low]
9: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low";
"a broken man"; "his broken spirit" [syn: broken,
crushed, humbled, humiliated, low]
10: filled with melancholy and despondency ; "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" [syn:
gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited,
down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth,
low, low-spirited]
n 1: an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;
"a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow" [syn:
low, depression]
2: British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who
created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963) [syn: Low,
David Low, Sir David Low, Sir David Alexander Cecil
Low]
3: a low level or position or degree; "the stock market fell to
a new low" [ant: high]
4: the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor
vehicle; used to start a car moving [syn: first gear,
first, low gear, low]
v 1: make a low noise, characteristic of bovines [syn: moo,
low]