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low-hanging

low-hanging adjective: that hovers low above the ground.

Adjective

low-hanging (comparative more low-hanging, superlative most low-hanging)

  1. That hovers low above the ground.
    • There are no easy routes up trees, otherwise you'd see deer and cows grazing in them. You have to jump up and grab a low-hanging branch, and then either walk up the tree or fling your legs up.2001 May 11, Guy Browning, “How to climb a tree”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2014
    • A low-hanging ironwood tree drapes over the crumbling remains of an abandoned stone house, one-time home of Henry Wickenburg, patriarch of this forgotten town.2019 May 11, Hugo Martín, “Spirits of the West alive in America’s ghost towns”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...

Forms of low-hanging

comparativemore low-hanging
superlativemost low-hanging
alternative formlowhanging

Origin of low-hanging

From low + hanging.

Words formed from low-hanging

Phrases with low-hanging

Questions about low-hanging

What does low-hanging mean?
Low-hanging means that hovers low above the ground.
What part of speech is low-hanging?
Low-hanging is an adjective.

Words near low-hanging in the dictionary

  1. low-grade
  2. low-grade fever
  3. low-grade fevers
  4. low-growing
  5. low-hangers
  6. low-hanging
  7. low-hanging fruit
  8. low-hanging fruits
  9. low-hat
  10. low-hats
  11. low-hearted

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