lower
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. comparative form of low: more low
2. bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object
3. (geology, of strata or geological time periods) older
adverb
1. comparative form of low: more low
verb
1. move something or somebody to a lower position
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
2. set lower
- lower a rating
- lower expectations
Similar word(s): lour
Definition categories: change, devalue
3. make lower or quieter
Similar word(s): lour
Definition categories: change, decrease, lessen, minify
4. cause to drop or sink
Similar word(s): depress
Definition categories: contact, alter, change, modify
5. look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
Similar word(s): frown, glower, lour
Definition categories: body, grimace
Sentences with lower as a verb:
- lower a bucket into a well
- to lower a sail of a boat
- to lower a flag
- Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love / Down to a silent grave. Alfred Tennyson.
- lower a fence or wall
- lower a chimney or turret
- lower the aim of a gun
- to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes
- lower the temperature
- lower one's vitality
- lower distilled liquors
- lower one's pride
- I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.
- lower the price of goods
- lower the interest rate
- The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.