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English

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Etymology 1

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Fromlow +‎-er(comparative suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lower

  1. comparative form oflow: morelow
  2. Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
  3. Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
    Lower Manhattan
    Lower Burgundy
  4. (geology, of strata or geological time periods)Older.
Antonyms
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  • (antonym(s) of“more low”):higher
  • (antonym(s) of“bottom”):upper
  • (antonym(s) of“older”):upper
Derived terms
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Translations
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more towards the bottom

Adverb

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lower

  1. comparative form oflow: morelow

Verb

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lower (third-person singular simple presentlowers,present participlelowering,simple past and past participlelowered)

  1. (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
    lower a bucket into a well
    tolower a sail of a boat
    • 1833 (first publication),Alfred Tennyson,A Dream of Fair Women
      Lower'd softly with a threefold cord of love
      Down to a silent grave.
    • 1960 September, “Talking of Trains: New level-crossing signs”, inTrains Illustrated, page519:
      At level crossings where there are to be half-barriers, train-operated through track-circuiting, the barriers will be timed tolower fully about five seconds before the fastest train can reach the crossing.
  2. (transitive) To pull down
    tolower a flag
  3. (transitive) To reduce the height of
    lower a fence or wall
    lower a chimney or turret
  4. (transitive) To depress as to direction
    lower the aim of a gun
  5. (transitive) To make less elevated
    tolower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes
  6. (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
    lower the temperature
    lower one's vitality
    lower distilled liquors
    Pleaselower your voices. This is a library.
  7. (transitive) To bring down; to humble
    lower one's pride
  8. (reflexive) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
    I could neverlower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.
  9. (transitive) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
    lower the price of goods
    lower the interest rate
  10. (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
    The riverlowered as rapidly as it rose.
  11. (intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc.
  12. (computing, transitive) To reduceoperations to singlemachine instructions, as part ofcompilation of aprogram.
Synonyms
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  • (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
Derived terms
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Translations
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let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
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
transitive: to humble
reflexive: to humble oneself
reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
to fall, to grow less
intransitive: to decrease in value

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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lower (third-person singular simple presentlowers,present participlelowering,simple past and past participlelowered)

  1. Alternative spelling oflour
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Anagrams

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Scanian

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Etymology

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FromOld Norselágr, fromProto-Germanic*lēgaz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [léʊːɐ],[lɑ́ʊːɐ]

Adjective

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lower m

  1. low
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