Search results
LOWER definition: 1. to move something into a low position: 2. to reduce something: 3. to make something worse than…. Learn more.
lower. Other forms: lowered; lowering; lowers. To lower is to move something downward. When you go to sleep at night, you lower your head onto your pillow (unless you are a horse; in that case, you don't lower anything and sleep standing up).
1. : to look sullen : frown. 2. : to be or become dark, gloomy, and threatening. an overcast sky lowered over the village. lower. 2 of 4. noun. variants or less commonly lour. : frown. lower. 3 of 4. adjective. low· er ˈlō-ər. 1. : relatively low in position, rank, or order.
You can use lower to refer to people or things that are less important than similar people or things. Already the awards are causing resentment in the lower ranks of council officers. The nation's highest court reversed the lower court's decision. The higher orders of society must rule the lower.
verb (used with object) to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag. Synonyms: depress, drop. to make lower in height or level: to lower the water in a canal. to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc. Synonyms: lessen, diminish, decrease. Antonyms: increase, raise.
LOWER definition: 1. being the bottom part of something: 2. to move something to a low position: 3. to reduce the…. Learn more.
to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag. to make lower in height or level: to lower the water in a canal. to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc.
Definition of lower1 adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Lower Definition. To let or put down. Lower the window sash. To scowl or frown. To lower prices. To appear dark and threatening. To weaken or lessen. A disease that lowers one's resistance to further infection. A lower berth, as in a Pullman car.
Britannica Dictionary definition of LOWER. 1. always used before a noun. a:located below another or others of the same kind. her lower jaw/lip. his lower extremities/limbs [=his legs and feet] the ship's upper and lower decks. b:located toward the bottom part of something. The message appeared on the lower portion of the screen.
