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lower
adjective
- in a place or on a level below another: lower lip
- inferior in rank, authority, or dignity: the lower classes
- less in quantity, degree, value, intensity, etc.
- being farther south, closer to a shore or to the mouth of a river, or below land of higher elevation
- Archaeol., Geol. earlier: used of a division of a period: Lower Devonian, Lower Paleolithic
noun
- ☆ a lower berth, as in a Pullman car
- the lower teeth or dentures
transitive verb
- to let or put down: lower the window
- to reduce in height, elevation, amount, value, etc.: to lower prices
- to weaken or lessen: to lower one's resistance
- to bring down in respect, dignity, etc.; demean: to lower oneself by accepting a bribe
- to reduce (a sound) in volume or pitch
intransitive verb
to become lower; sink, fall, become reduced, etc.
intransitive verb
- to scowl or frown
- to appear dark and threatening
noun
a frowning or threatening look
See lower in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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