Low Definition
- rock bottom
- bottom
- depression
- Sir David Alexander Cecil Low
- Sir David Low
- David Low
- low-gear
- first
- first-gear
- degradation
- declension
- debasement
- contemptibility
- despicability
- denigration
(obsolete) To depress; to lower.
Obsolete simple past tense of laugh.
(intransitive) To moo.
- to cause to fall by hitting
- to overcome or kill
- to keep oneself hidden or inconspicuous
- to wait patiently for an opportunity
Origin of Low
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From Middle English lowe, lohe, lāh, from Old Norse lāgr (“low"), from Proto-Germanic *lÄ“gaz (“lying, flat, situated near the ground, low"), from Proto-Indo-European *legÊ°- (“to lie"). Cognate with Scots laich (“low"), Low German leg (“low, feeble, bad"), Danish lav (“low"), Icelandic lágur (“low"), West Frisian leech (“low"), North Frisian leeg, liig (“low"), Dutch laag (“low"), German läge (“lying, low"). More at lie.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English lowen (“to low"), from Old English hlōwan (“to low, bellow, roar"), from Proto-Germanic *hlōanÄ… (“to call, shout"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kale-, *klā-, *klÄ“- (“to shout, call"). Cognate with Dutch loeien (“to low"), Middle High German lüejen (“to roar"), Swedish dialectal lumma (“to roar"), Latin calō (“I call"), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaleō), Latin clāmō (“I shout, claim"). More at claim.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English lowe, loghe, from Old Norse logi (“fire, flame, sword"), from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame, blaze"), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light"). Cognate with Icelandic logi (“flame"), Swedish lÃ¥ga (“flame"), Danish lue (“flame"), German Lohe (“blaze, flames"), North Frisian leag (“fire, flame"), Old English lÄ«eÄ¡ (“fire, flame, lightning"). More at leye, light.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English lowen to moo from Old English hlōwan kelə-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old English hlāw, hlÇ£w (“burial mound"). Obsolete by the 19th century, survives in toponymy as -low.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English, from Old English hlōg, preterite of hliehhan (“to laugh"). More at laugh.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English loue from Old Norse lāgr legh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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