English Explanatory Dictionary

lower

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. comparative form of low: more low
  2. Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
  3. Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
  4. Older.
adv
  1. comparative form of low: more low
verb
  1. To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
  2. To pull down
  3. To reduce the height of
  4. To depress as to direction
  5. To make less elevated
  6. To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
  7. To bring down; to humble
  8. To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
  9. To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
  10. To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
  11. To decrease in value, amount, etc.
  12. To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
noun
  1. A bicycle suspension fork component.
verb
  1. Alternative spelling of lour.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈləʊ.ə/ /ˈloʊ.ɚ/ /ˈloʊ(ə)ɹ/ [ˈloː.(ə)ɹ] en-us-lower.ogg /ˈlaʊə/ /ˈlaʊ.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lower (laur).wav /ˈlaʊɚ/ /ˈlaʊ.ɚ/

Word forms

lower lowers lowering lowered

Etymology

From low + -er (comparative suffix).

Synonyms

drop fall fall off shrink become get lower lessen reduce bring down shorten turn down be humble cut die off get smaller

Antonyms

higher upper

Related words

loweringly

Derived words

Carrajung Lower Coychurch Lower Gellibrand Lower Heytesbury Lower lower 48 Lower Acacia Creek lower airway lowerarchy lower arm lower atmosphere lower back Lower Bago Lower Barrington Lower Basildon Lower Bavaria Lower Bayao Lower Beechmont Lower Beeding Lower Belford Lower Bentley Lower Beulah lower body lower body day Lower Boro Lower Bottle Creek lower bound lower boundary Lower Broughton Lower Brynamman Lower Bullingham lower camel case Lower Canada lower-case lower case lowercase lower chamber Lower Chichester Lower Chinook Lower Chittering lower class lower-class lower convex envelope lower court Lower Cowley Lower Creek Lower Cressbrook lower criticism Lower Cumberworth Lower Daintree Lower Darwen lower deck lower-down Lower Duck Creek Lower Dyraaba Lower Edmonton Lower Egypt Lower Egyptian lower esophageal sphincter Lower Eyre Peninsula Lower Franconia
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