Definitions of Lower [ˈloʊ ər]

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Definition of 'Lower'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) lower
to cause to descend; let or put down:
to lower a flag.

2.  lower
to make lower in height or level:
to lower the water in a canal.

3.  lower
to reduce in amount, price, degree, or force.

4.  lower
to make less loud or lower in pitch.

5.  lower
to bring down in rank or estimation.

6.  lower
to alter the articulation of (a vowel) by increasing the distance of the tongue downward from the palate.

7. (v.i.) lower
to become lower, grow less, or diminish.

8.  lower
to descend; sink:
the sun lowering in the west.

9. (adj.) lower
of or pertaining to the parts of a river farthest from the source.

10.  lower
(often cap.) of or pertaining to an early division of a geologic period, system, or the like:
the Lower Devonian.

11. (n.) lower
Usu., lowers. a denture for the lower jaw.

12.  lower
a lower berth.

13. (v.i.) lower
to be dark and threatening.

14.  lower
to scowl; glower.

15.  lower
a frown; scowl.

Etymology: (1250–1300)

Definition of 'Lower'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) lower berth, lower
the lower of two berths

2. (verb) lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
move something or somebody to a lower position
"take down the vase from the shelf"

3. (verb) lower, lour
set lower
"lower a rating"; "lower expectations"

4. (verb) turn down, lower, lour
make lower or quieter
"turn down the volume of a radio"

5. (verb) lower, depress
cause to drop or sink
"The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"

6. (verb) frown, glower, lour, lower
look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

Definition of 'Lower'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) lower
≠ upper
the lower jaw; a sore on its lower leg

2. (verb) lower
≠ raise
He lowered the rope down from the roof.

3. lower
≠ raise, increase
They can't lower our salaries.; to lower the level of the water in the lake

Definition of 'Lower'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Lower
compar. of Low, a

2. (adj) Lower
to let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag

3. (adj) Lower
to reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret

4. (adj) Lower
to depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes

5. (adj) Lower
to reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors

6. (adj) Lower
to bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride

7. (adj) Lower
to reduce in value, amount, etc. ; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc

8. (noun) Lower
cloudiness; gloominess

9. (noun) Lower
a frowning; sullenness

10. (verb) Lower
to fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose

11. (verb) Lower
to be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest

12. (verb) Lower
to frown; to look sullen

Translation of 'Lower'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make or become less high She lowered her voice.
Afrikaans: verlaag	Arabic: يُخْفِض	Bulgarian: намалям
Brazilian: abaixar	Czech: snížit, ztišit	German: senken
Danish: dæmpe	Greek: χαμηλώνω	Spanish: bajar
Estonian: alandama	Farsi: کم کردن؛ پایین آوردن	Finnish: laskea
French: baisser	Hebrew: לְהַנמִיך	Hindi: नीचा करना
Croatian: sniziti, spustiti	Hungarian: lehalkít	Indonesian: merendahkan
Icelandic: lækka	Italian: abbassare	Japanese: 低くする
Korean: (목소리를) 낮추다	Lithuanian: nuleisti, (su)mažinti	Latvian: pazemināt; pazemināties
Malay: merendahkan	Dutch: lager maken/worden	Norwegian: senke, sette ned, dempe
Polish: zniżyć	Persian: کم کردن؛ پایین آوردن	Pashto: كم كوونكى
Portuguese: abaixar	Romanian: a coborî	Russian: понижать(ся)
Slovak: znížiť, stíšiť	Slovenian: znižati	Serbian: sniziti
Swedish: sänka, göra (bli) lägre	Thai: เสียงต่ำ	Turkish: alçaltmak
Taiwanese: 放低，變低	Ukrainian: принижувати	Urdu: نیچے کرنا یا ہونا
Vietnamese: hạ thấp	Chinese: 放低
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