{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "loʊ" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/low.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/low.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English lowe, lohe, lāh, from Old Norse lágr (“low”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“lying, flat, situated near the ground, low”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). \nCognate with Scots laich (“low”), Low German leeg (“low, feeble, bad”), Danish lav (“low”), Icelandic lágur (“low”), West Frisian leech (“low”), North Frisian leeg, liig (“low”), Dutch laag (“low”), obsolete German läg (“low”). More at lie.", "From Middle English lough, from Old English hlōh, first and third person singular preterite of hliehhan (“to laugh”). More at laugh.", "From Middle English lowen (“to low”), from Old English hlōwan (“to low, bellow, roar”), from Proto-Germanic *hlōaną (“to call, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call”). \nCognate with Dutch loeien (“to low”), Middle High German lüejen (“to roar”), dialectal Swedish lumma (“to roar”), Latin calō (“I call”), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Latin clāmō (“I shout, claim”). More at claim.", "From Middle English lowe, loghe, from Old Norse logi (“fire, flame, sword”), from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”). \nCognate with Icelandic logi (“flame”), Swedish låga (“flame”), Danish lue (“flame”), German Lohe (“blaze, flames”), North Frisian leag (“fire, flame”), Old English līeġ (“fire, flame, lightning”). More at leye, light.", "From Old English hlāw, hlǣw (“burial mound”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwaz. Obsolete by the 19th century, survives in toponymy as -low." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.\nstanding on low ground in a low valley, ringed by low hills a low wall a low shelf", "submean": [ "Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.\nthe low countries\nLow German", "(baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.\nthe pitch (or: the ball) was low" ] }, { "mean": "Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.\na low bow a low tide the Mississippi is unusually low right now", "submean": [ "Low-cut.\n" ] }, { "mean": "Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)\nlow birth low rank the low officials of the bureaucracy low-quality fabric playing low tricks on them a person of low mind\nNow that was low even for you!" }, { "mean": "Humble, meek, not haughty." }, { "mean": "Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.\nShe had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs." }, { "mean": "Being a nadir, a bottom.\nthe low point in her career" }, { "mean": "Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.\nlow spirits" }, { "mean": "Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.\na low pulse\nmade (or: laid) low by sickness" }, { "mean": "Dead. (Compare lay low.)" }, { "mean": "Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).\nMy credit union charges a low interest rate.   Jogging during a whiteout, with such low temperatures and low visibility, is dangerous.   The store sold bread at low prices, and milk at even lower prices.   The contractors gave a low estimate of the costs.   low cholesterol   a low voltage wire   a low number", "submean": [ "Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by \"in\" when predicative).\ndiets low in vitamin A\nmade from low-carbon steel", "Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.\nrunning low on cash\n" ] }, { "mean": "(especially in biology) Simple in complexity or development.\nlow protozoan animals, low cryptogamic plants, and other low organisms" }, { "mean": "(chiefly in several set phrases) Favoring simplicity (see e.g. low church, Low Tory)." }, { "mean": "(in several set phrases) Being near the equator.\nthe low northern latitudes" }, { "mean": "(acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.\nThe note was too low for her to sing.\nGenerally, European men have lower voices than their Indian counterparts." }, { "mean": "Quiet; soft; not loud.\nThey spoke in low voices so I would not hear what they were saying.\nWhy would you want to play heavy metal at such a low volume?" }, { "mean": "(phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate." }, { "mean": "(card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.\na low card" }, { "mean": "(now rare) Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple." }, { "mean": "(of an automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.\nlow gear" } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).\nYou have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.\nEconomic growth has hit a new low.\nUnemployment has reached a ten-year low.", "submean": [ "The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.\nToday's low was 32 °F." ] }, { "mean": "A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.\nHe is in a low right now.   the highs and lows of bipolar disorder" }, { "mean": "(meteorology, informal) An area of low pressure; a depression.\nA deep low is centred over the British Isles." }, { "mean": "The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.\nShift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour." }, { "mean": "(card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn." }, { "mean": "(slang, usually accompanied by \"the\") A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.\nHe got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low." } ] }, { "name": "Adverb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Close to the ground." }, { "mean": "Of a pitch, at a lower frequency." }, { "mean": "With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.\nto speak low" }, { "mean": "Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.\nHe sold his wheat low." }, { "mean": "In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly." }, { "mean": "In a time approaching our own." }, { "mean": "(astronomy) 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.\nThe moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(obsolete, transitive) To lower; to make low.\n1654 (edition of 1762), Andrew Gray, The Works of Andrew Gray , page 112:\nI shall only say this, that all the other graces must low the sail to faith, and so it is faith must carry us through, being that last triumphing grace, \n1661 (edition of 1885), Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Vanity of Dogmatizing, page 85:\nNow to use these as Hypotheseis, as himself in his Word, is pleas'd to low himself to our capacities, is allowable:\n1790, Andrew Shirrefs, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, page 219:\nThe merry fowks that were the ben, / By this time 'gan to low their strain\n1807, James Ruickbie, The Way-side Cottager; Miscellaneous Poems, page 178:\nShe was quite free of bad inventions, / But was a bitch o high pretenfions, / For the grit folk o' a dimensions, / Ran for her breed; / Dog-officers may low their pensions, / Since Venie's dead, 'Twas past the art o'man to cure her, / \n1899 May 6, Shetland News:\nDat 'ill be somtin' ta hise an' low wi' a ütterly breeze." } ] }, { "name": "Verb_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(obsolete) simple past of laugh." } ] }, { "name": "Verb_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(intransitive) To moo.\nThe cattle were lowing." } ] }, { "name": "Alternative_forms", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "lowe" } ] }, { "name": "Noun_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(countable, UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze." } ] }, { "name": "Verb_4", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(UK, Scotland, dialect) To burn; to blaze.\n1724 (edition of 1788), Allan Ramsay, The Tea-Table Miscellany, page 23:\nDriest wood will eithest low,\n1785, Burns, Robert, The Jolly Beggars:They scarcely left to co'er their fuds, / To quench their lowan drouth.\n1870, Edward Peacock, Ralf Skirlaugh, the Lincolnshire Squire: A Novel, page 197:\n in every crevice; and each individual brick shone and “lowed” with the intense heat. “As I am a Christian man,” thought he, “this is verily the mouth of the pit; and I am lost — lost for ever, for —”\n1894, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, The Raiders, page 82:\nSand, striking a light with his flint and steel, and transferring the flame when it lowed up to the bowl of his tiny elf's pipe, so small that it just let in the top of his little finger as he settled the tobacco in it as it began to burn.\n1895, Robert Louis Stevenson, Works, page 382:\nThe next I saw, James parried a thrust so nearly that I thought him killed; and it lowed up in my mind that this was the girl's father, and in a manner almost my own, and I drew and ran in to sever them." } ] }, { "name": "Alternative_forms_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "lawe" } ] }, { "name": "Noun_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "low (plural lows)\n\n (archaicorobsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus.\n1686, Robert Plot, The natural history of Staffordshire:A barrow or Low, such as were usually cast up over the bodies of eminent Captains.\n(Scottish dialectal,archaic) A hill.\n1847, Mary Howitt, Ballads and other poems:And some they brought the brown lint-seed, and flung it down from the Low." } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "", "", "", "", "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "" ] }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "", "submean": [ "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "부사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "대체_양식", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사_4", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "대체_forms_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] }, "synonyms": { "org": [ "(in a position comparatively close to the ground): nether, underslung", "(small in height): short, small", "(depressed): blue, depressed, down, miserable, sad, unhappy, gloomy", "(not high in an amount): reduced, devalued, low-level", "(of a pitch, suggesting a lower frequency): low-pitched, deep, flat", "(of a loudness, suggesting a lower amplitude): low-toned, soft", "(despicable thing to do): immoral, abject, scummy, scurvy" ], "kor": [ "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ] } } }