Lower

adjective

1. comparative 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. Lower Manhattan
4. Older.

adverb

1. comparative comparative form of low: more low

verb lowers · lowering · lowered

1. transitive To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down. lower a bucket into a well
2. transitive To pull down. to lower a flag
3. transitive To reduce the height of. lower a fence or wall
4. transitive To depress as to direction. lower the aim of a gun
5. transitive To make less elevated. to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes
6. transitive To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of. lower the temperature
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 never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.
9. transitive To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc. lower the price of goods
10. intransitive To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease. The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
11. intransitive To decrease in value, amount, etc.
12. transitive To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.

Similar: drop, fall, fall off, shrink, become, get lower, lessen, reduce

noun lowers

1. A bicycle suspension fork component.

verb lowers · lowering · lowered

1. alternative Alternative spelling of lour.lour Now is the winter of our diſcontent, / Made glorious ſummer by this ſonne of Yorke: / And all the cloudes that lowrd vpon our houſe, / In the deepe boſome of the Ocean buried.

proper noun Lowers

1. A surname.