Sekirov Dictionary

lower

UK /ˈləʊ.ə/US /ˈloʊ.ɚ/

verb 12
adjective 3
noun 1
forms 5
phrases 3

verb12

•
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down.
- Lower'd softly with a threefold cord of love Down to a silent grave. — 1833
•
to make the level or strength of something less
- lower distilled liquors
- Please lower your voices. This is a library.
•
To make less elevated.
- to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes
•
To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
- lower the price of goods
•
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease.
- The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
To decrease in value, amount, etc.
To pull down.
To depress as to direction.
To bring down; to humble.
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[with 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.
To reduce the height of.
To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.

adjective3

Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
Older.

noun1

A bicycle suspension fork component.

forms

lowered · lowering · lowereth · lowers · lowerest

Phrases with lower

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