Definition of "lower"

lower¹

/ˈləʊ.ə/

adjective
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
adverb
1. comparative form of low: more low
verb
third-person singular simple present lowers, present participle lowering, simple past and past participle lowered
1. (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
  Quotations
  Lower'd softly with a threefold cord of loveDown to a silent grave.
  1833 (first publication), Alfred Tennyson, A Dream of Fair Women
  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.
  1960 September, “Talking of Trains: New level-crossing signs”, in Trains Illustrated, page 519
2. (transitive) to pull down
3. (transitive) To reduce the height of
4. (transitive) To depress as to direction
5. (transitive) To make less elevated
6. (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
7. (transitive) To bring down; to humble
8. (reflexive) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
9. (transitive) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
10. (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
11. (intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc.
12. (computing, transitive) To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.

lower²

/ˈlaʊə/

verb
third-person singular simple present lowers, present participle lowering, simple past and past participle lowered
1. Alternative spelling of lour
  Quotations
  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.
  c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, [Act I, scene i]
  [...] Juno took her place: / But ſullen Diſcontent ſat lowring on her Face.
  1700, [John] Dryden, “Homer’s Ilias”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], book I, page 215
  And still when loudliest howls the storm, / And darkliest lowers his native sky, / The king's fierce soul is in that form, / The warrior's spirit threatens nigh!
  1846, R[obert] S[tephen] Hawker, “The Wreck”, in Echoes from Old Cornwall, London: Joseph Masters, […], stanza X, page 76

Definition of "lower"

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