MEANING
Situated at a low elevation relative to nearby land or water.
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- low-lying land
- low-lying district
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Water collected on the low-lying land.
The low-lying district lay near the river.
The map identified low-lying areas.
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- Base
- low-lying
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Forms: Normally non-gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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