Lower

/ˈləʊ.ə/ · adjective

Meaning

comparative form of low: more low.

Definitions by Sense

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. (geology, of strata or geological time periods) Older.
5. (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
6. (transitive) To pull down
7. (transitive) To reduce the height of
8. (transitive) To depress as to direction

Example Sentences

Lower Manhattan

Lower Burgundy

lower a bucket into a well

to lower 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.

At level crossings where there are to be half-barriers, train-operated through track-circuiting, the barriers will be timed to lower fully about five seconds before the fastest train can reach the crossing.

to lower a flag

lower a fence or wall

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• lowers
• lowering
• lowered

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