lower

Meaning

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. Older.

reduce

be lowered

lower down

make smaller

under age

be reduced

let drop

let fall

lower berth

reduce the price

take along

trim down

very light

yield

at the bottom

cry down

grow less

lean forward

make a stroke

more recent

move back

pull to pieces

stoop down

veer out

let go down

waste

cause to descend

bend one’s back

dive down

move down quickly

situated down stream

more depressed

situated beneath

make bass

placed beneath

defervesce

ebb off

ebb out

down-hill

make lower

lower head

inferior abdomen

let down gradually

abbreviate

abdomen

drop down

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈləʊ.ə/

From low + -er (comparative suffix).

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low

1. Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
2. Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
3. Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
4. Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
5. Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
6. Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
7. Humble, meek, not haughty.
8. Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
9. Being a nadir, a bottom.
10. Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
11. Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
12. Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
13. Dead. (Compare lay low.)
14. Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
15. Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
16. Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
17. Simple in complexity or development.
18. Favoring simplicity (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).
19. Being near the equator.
20. Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
21. Quiet; soft; not loud.
22. Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
23. Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
24. Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.
25. Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.