LOWER
\lˈə͡ʊə], \lˈəʊə], \l_ˈəʊ_ə]\
Definitions of LOWER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
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inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
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the bottom one of two; "he chose the lower number"
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make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"
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move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"
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(usually preceded by `no') lower in esteem; "no less a person than the king himself"
By Princeton University
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look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
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inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
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the bottom one of two; "he chose the lower number"
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make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"
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(usually preceded by `no') lower in esteem; "no less a person than the king himself"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Compar. of Low, a.
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To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
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To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
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To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.
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To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
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To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
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To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
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To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
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To frown; to look sullen.
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Cloudiness; gloominess.
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A frowning; sullenness.
By Oddity Software
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Compar. of Low, a.
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To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
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To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
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To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.
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To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
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To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
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To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
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To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
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To frown; to look sullen.
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Cloudiness; gloominess.
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A frowning; sullenness.
By Noah Webster.
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To lesson or bring down; reduce in price or value; weaken; humble; change to a less high pitch.
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To become less high; sink; fall; to appear dark, gloomy, or threatening.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To bring low: to depress: to degrade: to diminish.
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To fall: to sink: to grow less.
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To gather and appear gloomy, as the clouds: to threaten a storm: to frown.
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LOWERINGLY.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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