Definition of "lower"
- adjective
- adverb
- verb
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down.
To pull down.
To reduce the height of.
To depress as to direction.
To make less elevated.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of.
To bring down; to humble.
(lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease.
To decrease in value, amount, etc.
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.
To frown; to look sullen.
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