strong imp. of laugh.
2. low ·noun fire; a flame; a light.
3. low ·superl submissive; humble.
4. low ·noun a hill; a mound; a grave.
5. low ·adv in time approaching our own.
6. low ·adv with a low musical pitch or tone.
7. low ·superl numerically small; as, a low number.
8. low ·adv in a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
9. low ·superl not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
10. low ·superl sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
11. low ·vi to burn; to blaze.
12. low ·superl smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.
13. low ·adv with a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low.
14. low ·noun the calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.
15. low ·vt to depress; to lower.
xvi. low ·noun the lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
xvii. low ·adv in a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.
xviii. low ·superl depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.
xix. low ·superl not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet.
xx. low ·superl not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence.
xxi. low ·superl not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison.
xxii. low ·adv under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low.
xxiii. low ·superl near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.
xxiv. low ·superl deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.
xxv. low ·superl near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.
xxvi. low ·superl depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes.
xxvii. low ·superl wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.
xxviii. low ·superl mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.
xxix. low ·superl moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.
xxx. low ·vi to make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.
xxxi. low ·adv in subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice.
xxxii. low ·superl beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.
xxxiii. low ·superl occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight.
xxxiv. low ·superl made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, / (/m), / (all). ·see guide to pronunciation, // 5, 10, 11.
xxxv. low ·adv 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; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.