Usually means: Situated at a low elevation.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word low-lying:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. low-lying: Merriam-Webster
  2. low-lying: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. low-lying: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. low-lying, low-lying: Collins English Dictionary
  5. low-lying: Vocabulary.com
  6. Low-lying, low-lying: Wordnik
  7. low-lying: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. low-lying: Wiktionary
  9. low-lying: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. low-lying: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. low-lying: Dictionary.com
  12. low-lying: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. low-lying: Rhymezone
  14. low-lying: FreeDictionary.org
  15. low-lying: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. low-lying: TheFreeDictionary.com

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Lower than nearby areas.
adjective:  (geography) Located or situated below or near a sea level.
adjective:  (idiomatic) Of a person, lying low; concealed; hidden.

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