Lower definition
Lower one's energy.
The lower of thunderheads.
A lower shelf.
The temperature has lowered gradually this month.
Lower lip.
The lower classes.
Lower Devonian, Lower Paleolithic.
Lower the window sash.
To lower prices.
A disease that lowers one's resistance to further infection.
To lower oneself by accepting a bribe.
An example of a lower is a dark sky; the lower of a storm.
An example of lower is to turn down the volume on the radio.
An example of something lower is the first floor compared to the fourth floor; a lower floor.
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.
Her hand lowered.
Origin of lower
- Middle English louren
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From low + -er (“comparative")
From Wiktionary