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# lowland

«lowland» in Mova's school dictionary: **low, not much higher than the sea** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (lowland, lowlands); adjective (lowland)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Flat land that is low, not much higher than the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowland/#m1)

2) (the Lowlands) The southern and central part of Scotland, which is lower than the Highlands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowland/#m2)

3) (adjective) Found in or belonging to low, flat land: lowland farms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowland/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, lowlands are compared with highlands and mountains: lowlands are often good for farming and towns but can flood. Phrases: low-lying, the Scottish Lowlands, lowland areas, lowland rivers.

### examples

- Most of the farms are in the lowlands near the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowland/#x1)
- The Netherlands is mostly lowland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowland/#x2)
- Lowland areas can flood after heavy rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowland/#x3)
- My cousin lives in the Scottish Lowlands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowland/#x4)
- Lowland rivers flow slowly and bend a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowland/#x5)
- Rice grows well on wet lowland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowland/#x6)
- We drove down from the hills into the lowlands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowland/#x7)
- The lowland forest is full of birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowland/#x8)

### note

Often used in the plural: the lowlands. Opposite: highland(s), uplands. Capital L for the Scottish Lowlands. Related: low-lying.

### In the corpora

- [In the Lowland: Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.399/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lowland» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowland/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.