"lowlight" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lowlights [plural]
Etymology: low + light. Formed by analogy with highlight. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|low|light}} low + light, {{m|en|highlight}} highlight Head templates: {{en-noun}} lowlight (plural lowlights)
  1. A particularly unfavorable or mediocre moment or aspect.
    Sense id: en-lowlight-en-noun-~0GKF0A8
  2. (cosmetics) In hairstyling, a highlight in a darker color rather than a lighter one. Categories (topical): Cosmetics
    Sense id: en-lowlight-en-noun-59EgNquM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 42 24 Topics: cosmetics, lifestyle

Verb

Forms: lowlights [present, singular, third-person], lowlighting [participle, present], lowlighted [participle, past], lowlighted [past]
Etymology: low + light. Formed by analogy with highlight. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|low|light}} low + light, {{m|en|highlight}} highlight Head templates: {{en-verb}} lowlight (third-person singular simple present lowlights, present participle lowlighting, simple past and past participle lowlighted)
  1. (transitive) To dye (part of the hair) a darker color than the rest. Tags: transitive Related terms: midlight
    Sense id: en-lowlight-en-verb-kC34aXmq

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lowlight meaning in English (3.2kB)

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