lower
Part of speech: adj
verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
geography
geology
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From low + -er (comparative suffix).
Base: low
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: lowers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: lowering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: lowered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: lowered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: lowers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
pos: adj
gloss: Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
pos: adj
examples: Lower Manhattan
Lower Burgundy
gloss: Older.
pos: adj
gloss: To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: lower a bucket into a well
to lower a sail of a boat
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.
gloss: To pull down
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to lower a flag
gloss: To reduce the height of
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: lower a fence or wall
lower a chimney or turret
gloss: To depress as to direction
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: lower the aim of a gun
gloss: To make less elevated
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes
gloss: To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: lower the temperature
lower one's vitality
lower distilled liquors
Please lower your voices. This is a library.
gloss: To bring down; to humble
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: lower one's pride
gloss: To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
pos: verb
tags: reflexive
examples: I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.
gloss: To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: lower the price of goods
lower the interest rate
gloss: To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
gloss: To decrease in value, amount, etc.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: A bicycle suspension fork component.
pos: noun
Synonyms: drop
fall
fall off
shrink
become
get lower
lessen
reduce
Antonyms: higher
upper
Derived words: Carrajung Lower
Coychurch Lower
Gellibrand Lower
Heytesbury Lower
lower 48
Lower Acacia Creek
lower airway
lowerarchy
lower arm
lower atmosphere
lower back
Lower Bago
Lower Barrington
Lower Basildon
Lower Bavaria
Lower Bayao
Lower Beechmont
Lower Beeding
Lower Belford
Lower Bentley
Lower Beulah
lower body
lower body day
Lower Boro
Lower Bottle Creek
lower bound
lower boundary
Lower Broughton
Lower Brynamman
Lower Bullingham
lower camel case
Lower Canada
lower-case
lower case
lowercase
lower chamber
Lower Chichester
Lower Chinook
Lower Chittering
lower class
lower-class
lower convex envelope
lower court
Lower Cowley
Lower Creek
Lower Cressbrook
lower criticism
Lower Cumberworth
Lower Daintree
Lower Darwen
lower deck
lower-down
Lower Duck Creek
Lower Dyraaba
Lower Edmonton
Lower Egypt
Lower Egyptian
lower esophageal sphincter
Lower Eyre Peninsula
Lower Franconia
lower garment
Lower Gwynedd
Lower Hermitage
Lower Heyford
Lower Holker
Lower Hotham
lower house
Lower Hutt
Lower Ince
Lower Inman Valley
lower Ivy
lower jaw
Lower King
Lower Lake
Lower Langford
Lower Largo
lower leaf zone
Lower Lewis Ponds
Lower Light
lower limit
lower lip
Lower Longley
Lower Lusatia
Lower Lusatian
Lower Lydbrook
Lower Macdonald
Lower Makefield
Lower Mangrove
lower mantle
Lower Marshes
Lower Maton
lower-medium
Lower Merion
lower middle class
Lower Milford
Lower Mitcham
Lower Moira
Lower Moor
lowermost
Lower Mount Bethel
Lower Mount Walker
lower mouth
Lower Navarre
Lower Norton
lower order
lower orders
Lower Oxford
Lower Pappinbarra
Lower Paxton
Lower Peacock
Lower Peover
Lower Plenty
Lower Portland
lower quartile
lower reaches
lower regions
lower respiratory tract
Lower Saxony
lower school
lower semi-continuous
lower semicontinuous
lower set
Lower Sibatang
Lower Silesia
Lower Silesian
lower sixth
Lower Slaughter
Lower Snug
Lower Solva
Lower Sorbian
Lower Southampton
Lower Southgate
lower surgery
Lower Svaneti
Lower Swanwick
Lower Sydenham
Lower Tanana
Lower Tenthill
lower than a snake's belly
lower than whaleshit
lower third
Lower Thorpe
Lower Tully
Lower Turners Beach
Lower Wattle Grove
Lower Wendish
Lower Wilmot
Lower Withington
Lower Wonga
Lower Xiajiadian culture
lowery
Lower Yoder
lurk
Mahayahay Lower
member of lower house
Newton Lower Falls
nonlower
Ormond Lower
rear admiral lower half
Tarwin Lower
Templestowe Lower
the lower 48
walk on one's lower lip
zero lower bound
lower the bar
lowerable
lowerator
lowerer
lower one's guard
lower one's sights
lower the boom
lower the tone
relower
unlowered
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