lower

1. 1

   comparative form of low: more lowcomparativeform-of

2. 2

   Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.

3. 3

   Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.

   • Lower Manhattan
   • Lower Burgundy
4. 4

   Older.

ant. higher · upper

1. 1

   comparative form of low: more lowcomparativeform-of

1. 1

   To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down.transitive

   • lower a bucket into a well
   • to lower a sail of a boat
2. 2

   To pull down.transitive

   • to lower a flag
3. 3

   To reduce the height of.transitive

   • lower a fence or wall
   • lower a chimney or turret
4. 4

   To depress as to direction.transitive

   • lower the aim of a gun
5. 5

   To make less elevated.transitive

   • to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes
6. 6

   To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of.transitive

   • lower the temperature
   • lower one's vitality
7. 7

   To bring down; to humble.transitive

   • lower one's pride
8. 8

   To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.reflexive

   • I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.
9. 9

   To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.transitive

   • lower the price of goods
   • lower the interest rate
10. 10

    To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease.intransitive

    • The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.

syn. drop · fall · fall off · shrink · become · get lower · lessen · reduce

1. 1

   A bicycle suspension fork component.

1. 1

   Alternative spelling of lour.alt-ofalternative

   • Now is the winter of our diſcontent, / Made glorious ſummer by this ſonne of Yorke: / And all the cloudes that lowrd vpon our houſe, / In the deepe boſome of the Ocean buried.
   • [...] Juno took her place: / But ſullen Diſcontent ſat lowring on her Face.