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Definitions for Lower

[1] to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
[2] to make lower in height or level: to lower the water in a canal.
[3] to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc.
[4] to make less loud: Please lower your voice.
[5] to bring down in rank or estimation; degrade; humble; abase (oneself), as by some sacrifice of self-respect or dignity: His bad actions lowered him in my eyes.
[6] Music . to make lower in pitch; flatten.
[7] Phonetics . to alter the articulation of (a vowel) by increasing the distance of the tongue downward from the palate: The vowel of “clerk” is lowered to ( ä) in the British pronunciation.
[8] to become lower, grow less, or diminish, as in amount, intensity, or degree: The brook lowers in early summer. Stock prices rise and lower constantly.
[9] to descend; sink: the sun lowering in the west.
[10] comparative of low1.
[11] of or relating to those portions of a river farthest from the source.
[12] (often initial capital letter ) Stratigraphy . noting an early division of a period, system, or the like: the Lower Devonian.
[13] a denture for the lower jaw.
[14] a lower berth.
[15] to be dark and threatening, as the sky or the weather.
[16] to frown, scowl, or look sullen; glower: He lowers at people when he's in a bad mood.
[17] a dark, threatening appearance, as of the sky or weather.
[18] a frown or scowl.
[19] situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
[20] of small extent upward; not high or tall: A low wall surrounds the property.
[21] not far above the horizon, as a planet: The moon was low in the sky.
[22] lying or being below the general level: low ground.
[23] designating or pertaining to regions near sea level, especially near the sea: low countries.
[24] bending or passing far downward; deep: a low bow.
[25] (of a garment) low-necked; décolleté: The dress she wore was fashionably low.
[26] rising but slightly from a surface: a low relief on a frieze.
[27] of less than average or normal height or depth, as a liquid or stream: The river is low this time of year.
[28] near the first of a series: a low number.
[29] ranked near the beginning or bottom on some scale of measurement: a low income bracket.
[30] indicating the bottom or the point farthest down: the low point in his creative life.
[31] lacking in strength, energy, or vigor; feeble; weak: to feel low and listless.
[32] providing little nourishment or strength, as a diet.
[33] of small number, amount, degree, force, intensity, etc.: low visibility; a generator with a low output.
[34] indicated or represented by a low number: A low latitude is one relatively near the equator.
[35] soft: subdued; not loud: a low murmur.
[36] Music . produced by relatively slow vibrations, as sounds; grave in pitch.
[37] assigning or attributing little worth, value, excellence, or the like: a low estimate of a new book.
[38] containing a relatively small amount: a diet low in starches.
[39] nearing depletion; not adequately supplied: low on funds; Our stock of towels is low.
[40] depressed or dejected: low spirits.
[41] far down in the scale of rank or estimation; humble: of low birth.
[42] of inferior quality or character: a low grade of fabric; a low type of intellect.
[43] lacking in dignity or elevation, as of thought or expression.
[44] mean, base, or disreputable: low tricks; low companions.
[45] coarse or vulgar: entertainment of a low sort.
[46] Boxing . struck or delivered below a contestant's belt.
[47] Biology . having a relatively simple structure; not complex in organization.
[48] Phonetics . (of a vowel) articulated with a relatively large opening above the tongue, as the vowels of hat, hut, hot, ought, etc. Compare high(def 23) .
[49] Automotive . of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft moves at the lowest speed with relation to the speed of the engine crankshaft, used especially for temporarily overcoming the weight or inertia of the vehicle; first: low gear.
[50] Baseball . (of a pitched ball) passing the plate at a level below that of the batter's knees: a low curve.
[51] Cards . having less value than other cards: a low card.
[52] Metallurgy . having a relatively small amount of a specified constituent (usually used in combination): low-carbon steel.
[53] Chiefly British . holding to Low Church principles and practices.
[54] in or to a low position, point, degree, etc.: The raiders crouched low in the bushes.
[55] near the ground, floor, or base; not aloft: The plane flew low.
[56] in or to a humble or abject state: Some live low while others live high. She swore she would bring him low.
[57] in or to a condition of depletion, prostration, or death: The gas in the tank is running low.
[58] at comparatively small cost; cheaply: to buy something low and sell it high.
[59] at or to a low pitch, volume, intensity, etc.: to turn the radio low; lights turned down low.
[60] in a low tone; softly; quietly; to speak low.
[61] Archaic . far down in time; late.
[62] something that is low, as ground or prices: numerous marshy lows in the forest; the recent low in the stock market.
[63] Automotive . low gear; first gear.
[64] Meteorology . an atmospheric low-pressure system; cyclone. Compare high(def 37) .
[65] Cards . the lowest trump card. a card of small value, or of lower value than other cards. the lowest score in a game. a player having such a score.
[66] a point of deepest decline, vulgarity, etc.: a new low in tastelessness.
[67] Slang . a period of intense depression or discomfort, when the effects of a drug have subsided.
[68] being below one or more other things the lower shelf ; the lower animals
[69] reduced in amount or value a lower price
[70] maths (of a limit or bound) less than or equal to one or more numbers or variables
[71] (sometimes capital) geology denoting the early part or division of a period, system, formation, etc Lower Silurian
[72] (tr) to cause to become low or on a lower level; bring, put, or cause to move down
[73] (tr) to reduce or bring down in estimation, dignity, value, etc to lower oneself
[74] to reduce or be reduced to lower one's confidence
[75] (tr) to make quieter to lower the radio
[76] (tr) to reduce the pitch of
[77] (tr) phonetics to modify the articulation of (a vowel) by bringing the tongue further away from the roof of the mouth
[78] (intr) to diminish or become less
[79] (esp of the sky, weather, etc) to be overcast, dark, and menacing
[80] to scowl or frown
[81] a menacing scowl or appearance
[82] Sir David. 1891–1963, British political cartoonist, born in New Zealand: created Colonel Blimp See blimp 2
[83] having a relatively small distance from base to top; not tall or high a low hill ; a low building
[84] situated at a relatively short distance above the ground, sea level, the horizon, or other reference position low cloud (in combination ) low-lying
[85] involving or containing a relatively small amount of something a low supply (in combination ) low-pressure
[86] having little value or quality (in combination ) low-grade
[87] of less than the usual or expected height, depth, or degree low temperature
[88] (of numbers) small (of measurements) expressed in small numbers
[89] unfavourable a low opinion
[90] not advanced in evolution a low form of plant life
[91] deep a low obeisance
[92] coarse or vulgar a low conversation
[93] inferior in culture or status (in combination ) low-class
[94] in a physically or mentally depressed or weakened state
[95] designed so as to reveal the wearer's neck and part of the bosom a low neckline
[96] with a hushed tone; quiet or soft a low whisper
[97] of relatively small price or monetary value low cost
[98] music relating to or characterized by a relatively low pitch
[99] (of latitudes) situated not far north or south of the equator
[100] having little or no money
[101] abject or servile
[102] phonetics of, relating to, or denoting a vowel whose articulation is produced by moving the back of the tongue away from the soft palate or the blade away from the hard palate, such as for the a in English father Compare high (def. 22)
[103] (of a gear) providing a relatively low forward speed for a given engine speed
[104] (usually capital) of or relating to the Low Church
[105] in a low position, level, degree, intensity, etc to bring someone low
[106] at a low pitch; deep to sing low
[107] at a low price; cheaply to buy low
[108] lay low to cause to fall by a blow to overcome, defeat or destroy
[109] lie low to keep or be concealed or quiet to wait for a favourable opportunity
[110] a low position, level, or degree an all-time low
[111] an area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, esp a depression
[112] electronics the voltage level in a logic circuit corresponding to logical zero Compare high (def. 40)
[113] the sound uttered by cattle; moo
[114] to make or express by a low or moo

Words related to Lower

depress, drop, reduce, sink, pare, cut, soften, lessen, devalue, decrease, slash, downgrade, diminish, curtail, depreciate, junior, reduced, minor, low, subordinate

Words nearby Lower

lowe, lowe's syndrome, lowe-terrey-maclachlan syndrome, lowell, lowell observatory, lower, lower airway, lower apsis, lower austria, lower bound, lower burrell

Origin of Lower

11125–75; Middle English lowe, lohe (adj. and noun), earlier lāh < Old Norse lāgr (adj.); cognate with Old Frisian lēge, lēch, Dutch laag, Old High German laege; akin to lie2

Words that may be confused with Lower

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, lowlow, lowly

Other words from Lower

low·er·a·ble , adjective
low·ish , adjective
low·ness , noun
o·ver·low·ness , noun

Word origin for Lower

Old English hlōwan; related to Dutch loeien, Old Saxon hlōian

Synonyms for Lower

curtailed, decreased, diminished, junior, lessened, low, minor, reduced, secondary, subordinate, bush-league, lesser, lower rung, nether, pared down, second-class, second-fiddle, second-string, smaller, subjacent, under