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(en-comparative of)
Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
(uxi)
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
(ux)
1833 (first publication), Tennyson|Alfred Tennyson, ''A Dream of Fair Women''
- Lower'd softly with a threefold cord of loveDown to a silent grave.
(quote-journal)
To pull down
''to lower a flag''
To reduce the height of
''lower a fence or wall''
''lower a chimney or turret''
To depress as to direction
''lower the aim of a gun''
To make less elevated
''to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes''
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
''lower the temperature''
''lower one's vitality''
''lower distilled liquors''
To bring down; to humble
''lower one's pride''
To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
''lower the price of goods''
''lower the interest rate''
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
To decrease in value, amount, etc.
To reduce operations to single instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
(alternative spelling of)
(RQ:Shakespeare Richard 3 Q1)
(RQ:Dryden Fables)
(quote-book)|year=1846|section=stanza X|page=76|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=KbFG_INx-DIC&pg=PA76|oclc=3365560|passage=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!