| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class II. Words Relating to Space | | Section II. Dimensions | | 2. Linear Dimensions |
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| 207. Lowness. |
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| NOUN: | LOWNESS &c. adj.; debasement; prostration (horizontal) [See Horizontality]; depression (concave) [See Concavity]; subjacency; lowlands.
GROUND FLOOR; rez de chaussée [F.]; street floor.
BASEMENT, basement floor, cellar; hold; base [See Base].
[COMPARISONS] feet, heels; molehill.
LOW WATER; low -, ebb -, neap- tide.
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| VERB: | BE LOW &c. adj.; lie low, lie flat; underlie; crouch, slouch, wallow, grovel; lower (depress) [See Depression].
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| ADJECTIVE: | LOW, neap, debased; lower, inferior, under, nether; lowest, nethermost, lowermost; flat, level with the ground; lying low &c. v.; crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate (horizontal) [See Horizontality]; depressed.
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| ADVERB: | UNDER; beneath, underneath; below; down, downwards; adown, at the foot of; underfoot, underground; downstairs, belowstairs; at a low ebb; below par.
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