low-lying
/ˈləʊˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
low-lying adjective: lower than nearby areas.
Adjective
low-lying (comparative lower-lying, superlative lowest-lying)
- Lower than nearby areas.
- Coastal defences were breached at many places from the Humber right round to the outskirts of London, and the inundation of low-lying lands caused damage on a scale unequalled within living memory.1953 May, “British Railways and the January Floods”, in Railway Magazine, page 301
- The route passes over low-lying land, the only item of note being the Cerebos salt works at Greatham, where one may catch a glimpse of the smart black diesel locomotive emblazoned with the firm's name writ large.1959 August, K. Hoole, “The Middlesbrough — Newcastle route of the N.E.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 359
- Antonyms:
- high-lying
- Located or situated below or near a sea level.
- low-lying islands
- Of a person, lying low; concealed; hidden.
low-lying meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu
low-lying in Hindi
- low-lying, marshy ground
- जल-थल jal-thal
low-lying in Tamil
- தாழ்வான, கடல்மட்டத்துக்குக் கீழ், அருகில் உள்ள, வழக்கமான உயரமட்டத்துக்குக் கீழுள்ள
low-lying in Telugu
- low-lying
- పల్లు pallu
Examples of low-lying in a sentence
- Increasingly, low-lying coastal cities in the United States are experiencing what’s known as sunny-day flooding, when all it takes is a high tide to send water gushing into the streets.2020 April, Elizabeth Kolbert, “Why we won't avoid a climate catastrophehttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/04/why-we-wont-avoi...
- No trees have grown on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean for tens of thousands of years — just shrubs and other low-lying vegetation.2024 September 27, Katie Hunt, “Scientists discover hidden ancient forest on treeless island”, in CNN:
Antonyms of low-lying
Forms of low-lying
| comparative | lower-lying |
|---|---|
| superlative | lowest-lying |
| alternative form | lowlying |
Questions about low-lying
- What does low-lying mean?
- Low-lying means lower than nearby areas.
- What is low-lying in Hindi?
- Low-lying in Hindi is जल-थल (jal-thal). See Low-lying meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use low-lying in a sentence?
- Increasingly, low-lying coastal cities in the United States are experiencing what’s known as sunny-day flooding, when all it takes is a high tide to send water gushing into the streets.
- What part of speech is low-lying?
- Low-lying is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce low-lying?
- Low-lying is pronounced /ˈləʊˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/.
Words near low-lying in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: low-lying (page history and authors); जल-थल (Hindi) (page history and authors); low-lying (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పల్లు (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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