1. adj. Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
standing on low ground in a low valley, ringed by low hills a low wall a low shelf
2. adj. 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
the low countries Low German
3. adj. (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.
the pitch (or: the ball) was low
4. adj. Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
a low bow a low tide the Mississippi is unusually low right now
5. adj. Not high in status, esteem or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar).
low birth low rank the low officials of the bureaucracy low-quality fabric playing low tricks on them a person of low mind
Now that was low even for you!
6. adj. Humble, meek, not haughty.
7. adj. Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs.
8. adj. Being a nadir, a bottom.
the low point in her career
9. adj. Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
low spirits
10. adj. Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
a low pulse
made (or: laid) low by sickness
11. adj. Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
My 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 a
12. adj. Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
diets low in vitamin A made from low-carbon steel
13. adj. Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
running low on cash
14. adj. (especially in the field of biology) Simple in complexity or development; (in several set phrases) favoring simplicity; see e.g. low church, Low Tory.
low protozoan animals, low cryptogamic plants, and other low organisms
15. adj. (in several set phrases) Being near the equator.
the low northern latitudes
16. adj. (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
The note was too low for her to sing.
Generally, European men have lower voices than their Indian counterparts.
17. adj. Quiet; soft; not loud.
They spoke in low voices so I would not hear what they were saying.
Why would you want to play heavy metal at such a low volume?
18. adj. (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.
19. adj. (card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
a low card
20. adj. (archaic) Not rich, seasoned, or nourishing; plain, simple.
a low diet
21. adj. (of an, automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
low gear
22. n. Something that is low; a low point.
You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.
Economic growth has hit a new low.
23. n. The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.
Unemployment has reached a ten-year low.
24. n. A depressed mood or situation.
He is in a low right now
25. n. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
A deep low is centred over the British Isles.
26. n. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour.
27. n. (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
28. n. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low.
29. adv. Close to the ground.
30. adv. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
31. adv. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
to speak low
32. adv. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
He sold his wheat low.
33. adv. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
34. adv. In a time approaching our own.
35. adv. (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.
The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
36. v. (obsolete, transitive) To depress; to lower.
37. v. (obsolete) simple past tense of laugh.
38. v. (intransitive) To moo.
The cattle were lowing.
39. n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
40. v. (Scotland) To burn; to blaze.
41. n. (archaic, or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus.
42. n. (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.
43. n. cln, en, basic words, three-letter words
bottom
1. n. Fond, partie la plus basse d'un objet (y compris dans une perception abstraite de cette bassesse)
Footers appear at the bottom of the pages.
Le pied de page apparait en bas de la page.
The bottom line.
Le résultat final, le solde de tous comptes.
Those files should go on the bottom shelf.
Ces dossiers doivent aller dans les étagères du bas.
2. n. Partie du bateau qui est immergée. Bateau.
3. n. (Vulgaire) Arrière-train, derrière, cul, anus.
Bottoms up!
Cul sec !
A sore bottom is better than broken bones.
Un derrière douloureux est mieux que des os brisés.
4. n. Homosexuel passif.
I'm a bottom with someone taller than me and a top in the other cases.
Je suis un passif avec quelqu'un de plus grand que moi et un actif dans les autres cas.
5. n. (Par analogie) Soumis dans une relation sadomasochiste.
6. n. (Phys) Quark bottom.
7. n. (Baseball) Deuxième demi-manche.
8. v. Atteindre le fond.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average bottomed on September 24, 2001 le Dow Jones a atteint son plus bas point le 24 septembre 2001.
9. v. Fonder, soutenir.
Moreover, the Supreme Court has held that the President must obey outstanding executive orders, even when bottomed on the Constitution, until they are revoked.
10. v. Être soumis, dans une relation sadomasochiste.
bottom
1. n. The lowest part of anything.
Footers appear at the bottoms of pages.
2. n. (UK, slang) Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
lack bottom
3. n. (UK, US) A valley, often used in place names.
Where shall we go for a walk? How about Ashcombe Bottom?
4. n. The buttocks or anus.
5. n. (nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship.
6. n. (nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.
7. n. (baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.
8. n. (BDSM) A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
9. n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrated or with a preference for being penetrated during homosexual intercourse.
10. n. (physics) A bottom quark.
11. n. (often, figuratively) The lowest part of a container.
12. n. A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
13. n. The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea.
14. n. An abyss.
15. n. (obsolete) Power of endurance.
a horse of a good bottom
16. n. (obsolete) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
17. n. (usually: bottoms or bottomland) Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.
18. v. To fall to the lowest point.
19. v. To establish firmly; to found or justify on or upon something; to set on a firm footing; to set or rest on or upon something which provides support or authority.
20. v. (intransitive) To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded.
21. v. (intransitive) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.
22. v. (obsolete, transitive) To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.
23. v. To furnish with a bottom.
to bottom a chair
24. v. To be the submissive in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
1. n. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
2. n. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
3. n. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
4. n. A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
5. n. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
6. n. (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
7. n. A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
8. n. (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
9. n. (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.
10. n. Important areas in games and sports.
11. n. A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
12. n. (baseball) One of the three places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out.
13. n. (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
14. n. (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
15. n. (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
16. n. (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
17. n. (geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
18. n. (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.
19. n. (heraldry) The lower part of the field. See escutcheon.
20. n. (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3.
21. n. (mathematics) (synonym of radix).
22. n. (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
23. n. (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
24. n. (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
25. n. (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
26. n. (music) (dated form of bass)
27. n. (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
28. n. (archaic) The housing of a horse.
29. n. (historical, in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
30. n. (obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
31. n. (obsolete) An apron.
32. n. A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a sys
33. v. To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
34. v. To be located (at a particular place).
35. v. (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
36. adj. (obsolete) Low in height; short.
37. adj. Low in place or position.
38. adj. (obsolete) Of low value or degree.
39. adj. (archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
2. adj. (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
3. adj. (slang) Describing certain features, usually the breasts and/or buttocks, that are extremely small or not visible at all.
That girl is completely flat on both sides.
4. adj. (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
5. adj. (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
Your A string is too flat.
6. adj. (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
7. adj. Uninteresting.
The party was a bit flat.
8. adj. Of a carbonated drink, with all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
9. adj. (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
10. adj. (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
11. adj. (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
12. adj. (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring.
The market is flat.
The dialogue in your screenplay is flat -- you need to make it more exciting.
13. adj. Absolute; downright; peremptory.
His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results.
I'm not going to the party and that's flat.
14. adj. (phonetics, dated, of a consonant) sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant
15. adj. (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "t
Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English.
16. adj. (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
17. adj. (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
18. adj. (authorship figuratively, esp. of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
The author created the site to flesh out the books' flatter characters, who were actually quite well developed in her own mind.
19. adv. So as to be flat.
Spread the tablecloth flat over the table.
20. adv. Bluntly.
I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.
21. adv. (with units of time, distance, etc) Not exceeding.
He can run a mile in four minutes flat.
22. adv. Completely.
I am flat broke this month.
23. adv. Directly; flatly.
24. adv. (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
25. n. An area of level ground.
26. n. (music) A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ sign placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
27. n. (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/tire.
28. n. (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.
She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.
29. n. (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
30. n. (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.
31. n. The flat part of something:
32. n. (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
33. n. The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
34. n. A wide, shallow container.
a flat of strawberries
35. n. (mail) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
36. n. (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
37. n. A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
38. n. A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
39. n. (rail, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
40. n. A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
41. n. (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
42. n. (obsolete) A dull fellow; a simpleton.
43. n. (technical, theatre) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin that depicts a building or other part of a scene, also called backcloth and backdrop.
44. v. (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
45. v. (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
46. v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
47. v. (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
48. v. (transitive, dated) To make flat; to flatten; to level.
49. v. (transitive, dated) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
50. n. (chiefly British, New England, New Zealand, and Australian, archaic elsewhere) An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.
3. n. (Zoologie) Poisson de mer pouvant appartenir à plusieurs espèces et pouvant évoquer une perche, perche de mer (par exemple le serran écriture : Serranus scriba, ou le bar commun : Dicentrarchus labrax).
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