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Webster 1913 Edition
Lower
1.
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down;
as, to
; sometimes, to pull down; lower
a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boatas, to
. lower
a flagLowered
softly with a threefold cord of loveDown to a silent grave.
Tennyson.
2.
To reduce the height of;
as, to
lower
a fence or wall; to lower
a chimney or turret.3.
To depress as to direction;
as, to
; to make less elevated as to object; lower
the aim of a gunas, to
. lower
one’s ambition, aspirations, or hopes4.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of;
as, to
lower
the temperature of anything; to lower
one's vitality; to lower
distilled liquors.5.
To bring down; to humble;
as, to
. lower
one's pride6.
To reduce in value, amount, etc.;
as, to
lower
the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.Low′er
,Verb.
I.
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease;
as, the river
. lowered
as rapidly as it roseLow′er
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lowered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lowering
.] [OE.
lowren
, luren
; cf. D. loeren
, LG. luren
. G. lauern
to lurk, to be on the watch, and E. leer
, lurk
.] 1.
To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
All the clouds that
lowered
upon our house. Shakespeare
2.
To frown; to look sullen.
But sullen discontent sat
lowering
on her face. Dryden.
Low′er
,Noun.
[Obs.]
1.
Cloudiness; gloominess.
2.
A frowning; sullenness.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lower
LOWER
,Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to descend; to let down; to take or bring down; as, to lower the main-sail of a sloop.2.
To suffer to sink downwards.3.
To bring down; to reduce or humble; as, to lower the pride of man.4.
To lessen; to diminish; to reduce, as value or amount; as, to lower the price or value of goods, or the rate of interest.LOWER
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
lower
lower
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
lower
- comparative form of low: more low
- bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object
- (geology, of strata or geological time periods) older
Antonyms
Adverb
lower
Verb
lower (third-person singular simple present lowers, present participle lowering, simple past and past participle lowered)
- (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
- lower a bucket into a well
- to lower a sail of a boat
- (transitive) to pull down
- to lower a flag
- Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love / Down to a silent grave. Alfred Tennyson.
- (transitive) To reduce the height of
- lower a fence or wall
- lower a chimney or turret
- (transitive) To depress as to direction
- lower the aim of a gun
- (transitive) To make less elevated
- to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes
- (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
- lower the temperature
- lower one's vitality
- lower distilled liquors
- (transitive) To bring down; to humble
- lower one's pride
- (reflexive) (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
- I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.
- (transitive) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
- lower the price of goods
- lower the interest rate
- (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
- The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
- (intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc.
Synonyms
- (let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail): bring down
- (reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney): shorten
- (depress as to direction, as a gun):
- (make less elevated as to object, as ambitions or hopes): reduce
- (reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature): reduce, turn down
- (transitive: to humble):
- (reflexive: to humble oneself): be humble
- (reduce (something) in value, amount, etc): cut, reduce
- (intransitive: grow less): die off, drop, fall, fall off, shrink
- (intransitive: decrease in value): become/get smaller, become/get lower, lessen, reduce
Translations
let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
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pull down
reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
depress as to direction, as a gun
make less elevated as to object, as ambitions or hopes
reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
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transitive: to humble
reflexive: to humble oneself
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reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
to fall, to grow less
intransitive: to decrease in value
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
lower (third-person singular simple present lowers, present participle lowering, simple past and past participle lowered)
- Alternative spelling of lour.
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