lower verb
low·er
The verb form of lower is low
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- transitive verb lower take down 1
- transitive verb lower reduce 1
- transitive verb lower volume: reduce 1
- transitive verb lower downgrade 1
- transitive verb lower diminish, lessen 1
- transitive verb lower relax: guard, defences 1
- transitive verb lower emotional tone 1
- transitive verb lower flatten: musical pitch 1
- verb with object lower to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag. 1
- verb with object lower to make lower in height or level: to lower the water in a canal. 1
- verb with object lower to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc. 1
- verb with object lower to make less loud: Please lower your voice. 1
- verb with object lower to bring down in rank or estimation; degrade; humble; abase (oneself), as by some sacrifice of self-respect or dignity: His bad actions lowered him in my eyes. 1
- verb with object lower Music. to make lower in pitch; flatten. 1
- verb with object lower Phonetics. to alter the articulation of (a vowel) by increasing the distance of the tongue downward from the palate: The vowel of “clerk” is lowered to (ä) in the British pronunciation. 1
- verb without object lower to be dark and threatening, as the sky or the weather. 1
- verb without object lower to frown, scowl, or look sullen; glower: He lowers at people when he's in a bad mood. 1
- verb lower If you lower something, you move it slowly downwards. 0
- verb lower If you lower something, you make it less in amount, degree, value, or quality. 0
- verb lower If someone lowers their head or eyes, they look downwards, for example because they are sad or embarrassed. 0
- verb lower If you say that you would not lower yourself by doing something, you mean that you would not behave in a way that would make you or other people respect you less. 0
- verb lower If you lower your voice or if your voice lowers, you speak more quietly. 0
- verb lower to cause to become low or on a lower level; bring, put, or cause to move down 0
- verb lower to reduce or bring down in estimation, dignity, value, etc 0
- verb lower to reduce or be reduced 0
- verb lower to make quieter 0
- verb lower to reduce the pitch of 0
- verb lower to modify the articulation of (a vowel) by bringing the tongue further away from the roof of the mouth 0
- verb lower to diminish or become less 0
- verb lower (esp of the sky, weather, etc) to be overcast, dark, and menacing 0
- verb lower to scowl or frown 0
- verb transitive lower to let or put down 0
- verb transitive lower to reduce in height, elevation, amount, value, etc. 0
- verb transitive lower to weaken or lessen 0
- verb transitive lower to bring down in respect, dignity, etc.; demean 0
- verb transitive lower to reduce (a sound) in volume or pitch 0
- intransitive verb lower to become lower; sink, fall, become reduced, etc. 0
- intransitive verb lower to appear dark and threatening 0
- verb lower (Transitive Verb) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down. 0
- verb lower (Transitive Verb) to pull down. 0
- verb lower (Transitive Verb) To reduce the height of. 0
- verb lower (Transitive Verb) To depress as to direction. 0
- verb lower (Transitive Verb) To make less elevated. 0
- verb lower (Transitive Verb) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of. 0
- verb lower (Transitive Verb) To bring down; to humble. 0
- verb lower (reflexive) (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity. 0
- verb lower (Transitive Verb) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc. 0
- verb lower (Intransitive Verb) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease. 0
- verb lower (Intransitive Verb) To decrease in value, amount, etc. 0
- verb lower Alternative spelling of lour. 0