lower

Meaning

Adj

1. (comparative, form-of) 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. Older.

Adv

comparative form of low: more low

Verb

1. (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
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. (transitive) To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.

Noun

A bicycle suspension fork component.

Verb

Alternative spelling of lour.

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Synonyms

reduce

decrease

let down

drop

bring down

inferior

lessen

diminish

pull down

under

go down

turn down

lour

bend

droop

take down

below

descend

bow

🙇

hang

subordinate

put down

bottom

frown

down

depress

abase

humble

low

decline

nether

stoop

abate

subside

get down

sink

cut

minor

lowest

degrade

be lowered

leg

🦵

strike

lower down

shorten

shrink

fall

cut down

curtail

lowered

Translations

baisser

abaisser

abbassare

diminuer

bajar

réduire

baixar

senken

inferiore

abaixar

inferior

ribassare

diminuir

amener

abaixar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈləʊ.ə/

Etymology

From low + -er (comparative suffix).

Sentences

Its lower end was still embedded .