lower — English Dictionary

Adjective

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

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

   Examples

   Lower Manhattan

   Lower Burgundy

3. Older.

   Usage

   • of strata or geological time periods

Verb

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

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   lower a bucket into a well

   to lower a sail of a boat

   More examples (2)

   1833 (first publication), Alfred Tennyson, A Dream of Fair Women Lower'd softly with a threefold cord of love Down to a silent grave.

   At level crossings where there are to be half-barriers, train-operated through track-circuiting, the barriers will be timed to lower fully about five seconds before the fastest train can reach the crossing.

2. To pull down.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   to lower a flag

3. To reduce the height of.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   lower a fence or wall

   lower a chimney or turret

4. To depress as to direction.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   lower the aim of a gun

5. To make less elevated.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes

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

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   lower the temperature

   lower one's vitality

   More examples (2)

   lower distilled liquors

   Please lower your voices. This is a library.

7. To bring down; to humble.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   lower one's pride

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

   Usage

   • Reflexive

   Examples

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

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

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   lower the price of goods

   lower the interest rate

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

    Usage

    • Intransitive

    Examples

    The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.

11. To decrease in value, amount, etc.

    Usage

    • Intransitive

12. To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.

    Usage

    • Transitive

Noun

1. A bicycle suspension fork component.

Adjective

1. the bottom one of two

   Antonyms

   upper

Noun

1. the lower of two berths

   Synonyms

   lower berth

   Broader terms

   berthbunkbuilt in bed

1. move something or somebody to a lower position

   Synonyms

   take downlet downget downbring down

   Antonyms

   raise

   Broader terms

   movedisplace

   Examples

   take down the vase from the shelf

2. set lower

   Synonyms

   lour

   Broader terms

   devalue

   Examples

   lower a rating

   lower expectations

3. make lower or quieter

   Synonyms

   turn downlour

   Broader terms

   decreaselessenminify

   Examples

   turn down the volume of a radio

4. cause to drop or sink

   Synonyms

   depress

   Broader terms

   changealtermodify

   Examples

   The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir

1. look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

   Synonyms

   frownglowerlour

   Broader terms

   grimacemake a facepull a face