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low (English)

(Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.. (archaic, or, obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus. (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.. A depressed mood or situation.. Something that is low; a low point.. [...]

down (English)

From one end to another of.. From the higher end to the lower of. (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.. (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to. (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.. (not comparable, US, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of.. (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot [...]

lowdown (English)

Unfair; shameful. The story or truth; the scoop or dirt.