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- Dictionarylow·er/ˈlōər/
adjective
- 1. less high in position: "the lower levels of the building" Similar Opposite
- 2. situated on less high land or toward the sea: "the union of Upper and Lower Egypt"
adverb
- 1. in or into a lower position: "the sun sank lower"
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LOWER definition: 1. to move something into a low position: 2. to reduce something: 3. to make something worse than…. Learn more.
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.
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).
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. to make less loud: Please lower your voice. Synonyms: soften.
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.
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.
being the bottom part of something: I've got a pain in my lower back. She bit her lower lip. lower. verb [ T ] uk / ˈləʊə r/ us. lower verb [T] (MOVE) B2. to move something to a low position: They lowered the coffin into the grave. lower verb [T] (REDUCE) B2. to reduce the amount of something: I'll join if they lower the entrance fee.
/ˈləʊər/ [only before noun] located below something else, especially something of the same type, or the other of a pair. the lower deck of a ship. His lower lip trembled. Definitions on the go. Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app. at or near the bottom of something.
/ˈloʊər/ Verb Forms. [transitive] to let or make something or someone go down lower something He had to lower his head to get through the door. She lowered her newspaper and looked around. lower something/somebody + adv./prep. They lowered him down the cliff on a rope. opposite raise. Definitions on the go.
1. Below another in rank, position, or authority. 2. Physically situated below a similar or comparable thing: a lower shelf. 3. Lower Geology & Archaeology Relating to or being an earlier or older division of the period named. 4.
