lower

Lower is defined as in a lesser or inferior place, or something less in quality or value.

(adjective)

An example of something lower is the first floor compared to the fourth floor; a lower floor.

The definition of a lower is an angry or threatening look.

(noun)

An example of a lower is a dark sky; the lower of a storm.

Lower means to bring down, lessen or reduce.

(verb)

An example of lower is to turn down the volume on the radio.

See lower in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

Origin: compar. of low

noun

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

Origin: ME louren, akin to lurk, Ger lauern, to lurk, MHG luren, to watch

noun

a frowning or threatening look

See lower in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb low·ered also loured, low·er·ing also lour·ing, low·ers also lours

noun

Origin:

Origin: Middle English louren

Related Forms:

adjective Comparative of low²

Below another in rank, position, or authority.
Physically situated below a similar or comparable thing: a lower shelf.
Lower Geology & Archaeology Relating to or being an earlier or older division of the period named.
Biology Less advanced in organization or evolutionary development.
Denoting the larger and usually more representative house of a bicameral legislature.

verb low·ered, low·er·ing, low·ers

verb, transitive