Definition:
- (a.) Compar. of Low, a.
- (a.) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
- (a.) To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
- (a.) To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.
- (a.) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
- (a.) To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
- (a.) To reduce in value, amount, etc. ; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.
- (v. i.) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
- (v. i.) 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.
- (v. i.) To frown; to look sullen.
- (n.) Cloudiness; gloominess.
- (n.) A frowning; sullenness.
Compare lower with other words:
bower vs. lower
lower vs. plower
lower vs. vower
lowed vs. lower
lower vs. raise
loper vs. lower
lawer vs. lower
cower vs. lower
lower vs. rower
lover vs. lower
loser vs. lower
lower vs. sower
lower vs. mower
dower vs. lower
lower vs. lowery
loner vs. lower
blower vs. lower
lower vs. power
lower vs. tower
flower vs. lower
deteriorate vs. lower
lower vs. more
lawyer vs. lower
lower vs. ship
lower vs. shed
duck vs. lower
descend vs. lower
infralabial vs. lower
lower vs. underkind
lower vs. underworking
disrate vs. lower
lower vs. parbuckle
attorney vs. lower
attenuate vs. lower
lower vs. mobile
lier vs. lower
less vs. lower
lower vs. skirt
decline vs. lower
lesser vs. lower
lower vs. underpart
lower vs. minimization
comedown vs. lower
lower vs. subscript
alow vs. lower
extenuate vs. lower
exosmosis vs. lower
amain vs. lower
downwards vs. lower
lower vs. wimple
lower vs. quill
humble vs. lower
lower vs. nether
lower vs. subjacent
debase vs. lower
elevate vs. lower
clew vs. lower
downward vs. lower
downgrade vs. lower
lower vs. trivium
lower vs. undersell
lower vs. underneath
lower vs. undercut
lower vs. pavilion
lower vs. ventral
descent vs. lower
chill vs. lower
dado vs. lower
beneath vs. lower
lower vs. loweringly
glower vs. lower
lower vs. sullen
frown vs. lower
lower vs. tempest
lower vs. threatening
cover vs. lower
gloomy vs. lower
dark vs. lower
lour vs. lower
lessen vs. lower
lower vs. shrink
drop vs. lower
cut vs. lower
lower vs. shorten
bottom vs. lower
dip vs. lower
lower vs. skim
lower vs. threshold
lower vs. stoop
lower vs. lowering
lower vs. subside
demean vs. lower
furl vs. lower
lower vs. vambrace
crane vs. lower
deflate vs. lower
below vs. lower
avale vs. lower
lower vs. reduce
lower vs. mask
decrease vs. lower
low vs. lower
lower vs. strike
lower vs. sling
hang vs. lower
down vs. lower
fall vs. lower
increase vs. lower
lower vs. upper
abject vs. lower
abase vs. lower