<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf</li><li>of small extent upward; not high or tall: A low wall surrounds the property</li><li>not far above the horizon, as a planet: The moon was low in the sky</li><li>lying or being below the general level: low ground</li><li>designating or pertaining to regions near sea level, especially near the sea: low countries</li><li>bending or passing far downward; deep: a low bow</li><li>(of a garment) low-necked; décolleté: The dress she wore was fashionably low</li><li>rising but slightly from a surface: a low relief on a frieze</li><li>of less than average or normal height or depth, as a liquid or stream: The river is low this time of year</li><li>near the first of a series: a low number</li><li>ranked near the beginning or bottom on some scale of measurement: a low income bracket</li><li>indicating the bottom or the point farthest down: the low point in his creative life</li><li>lacking in strength, energy, or vigor; feeble; weak: to feel low and listless</li><li>providing little nourishment or strength, as a diet</li><li>of small number, amount, degree, force, intensity, etc.: low visibility; a generator with a low output</li><li>indicated or represented by a low number: A low latitude is one relatively near the equator</li><li>soft; subdued; not loud: a low murmur</li><li>produced by relatively slow vibrations, as sounds; grave in pitch</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>in or to a low position, point, degree, etc.: The raiders crouched low in the bushes</li><li>near the ground, floor, or base; not aloft: The plane flew low</li><li>in or to a humble or abject state: Some live low while others live high</li><li>in or to a condition of depletion, prostration, or death: The gas in the tank is running low</li><li>at comparatively small cost; cheaply: to buy something low and sell it high</li><li>at or to a low pitch, volume, intensity, etc.: to turn the radio low; lights turned down low</li><li>in a low tone; softly; quietly: to speak low</li><li>far down in time; late</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>something that is low, as ground or prices: numerous marshy lows in the forest; the recent low in the stock market</li><li>automotive: low gear; first gear</li><li>meteorology: an atmospheric low-pressure system; cyclone</li><li>cards: the lowest trump card; a card of small value, or of lower value than other cards</li><li>a point of deepest decline, vulgarity, etc.: a new low in tastelessness</li><li>slang: a period of intense depression or discomfort, when the effects of a drug have subsided</li></ul>