Lower

Adjective
lower



Verb

 * 1)  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 of a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
 * Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love Down to a silent grave. Alfred Tennyson.
 * 1)  To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
 * 2)  To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun.
 * 3)  To make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.
 * 4)  To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
 * 5)  To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
 * 6)  (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
 * 7)  To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.
 * 8)  To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
 * 9)  To decrease in value, amount, etc.

Synonyms

 * bring down
 * shorten
 * reduce
 * reduce, turn down
 * be humble
 * cut, reduce
 * die off, drop, fall, fall off, shrink
 * become/get smaller, become/get lower, lessen, reduce
 * die off, drop, fall, fall off, shrink
 * become/get smaller, become/get lower, lessen, reduce

Adverbs for Lower
mechanically; cautiously; appreciably; materially; economically; charmingly; coyly; tremulously; bestially.

Thesaurus
abase, abash, abated, ablated, abridge, apprehend, approach, attenuated, await, bated, be imminent, be in store, bear down, beat down, belittle, belittled, bludgeon, bode, bore, break, brew, bring down, bring low, bulldoze, bump, burrow, bust, cast down, cave, cave in, cheapen, clip, color, come on, comminate, common, compress, condescend, confront, consumed, contracted, couch, countersink, croak, crop, crush, curtail, curtailed, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut prices, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken, darkle, dash, de-escalate, debase, decline, decrease, decreased, decry, deduct, deepen, deflate, deflated, degrade, deign, deject, delve, demean, demeaning, demit, demote, denounce, deplume, depreciate, depress, descend, detrude, devaluate, devalue, dig, dig out, dike, dim, diminish, diminished, disadvantaged, discount, discourage, discredit, disgrace, disgrade, dishearten, dispirit, displume, dissipated, dive, down, downbear, downgrade, draw near, draw nigh, draw on, dredge, drill, drive, droop, drop, dropped, dump, dump on, dusk, earlier, eroded, excavate, face, fall, fall in price, fallen, flop, flop down, flump, flump down, flush, forebode, forewarn, forthcome, founder, frown, furrow, gather, give way, glare, gloam, gloom, gloominess, glower, gnarl, go down, gouge, gouge out, grimace, groove, grow dark, grow dim, growl, grub, hang over, haul down, have a premonition, have a presentiment, hover, humble, humiliate, impend, in the shade, indent, inferior, infra dig, intimidate, jew down, junior, knit the brow, knock down, lapse, less, lessen, lesser, let down, lie over, long face, look black, look daggers, look sullen, look threatening, loom, low, lower case, lower the spirits, lowered, lowering, lowest, lowly, make a lip, make a moue, mantle, mark, mark down, menace, mine, miniaturized, minor, minuscule, moderate, modest, modulate, moue, mow, near, nether, nose-dive, oppress, ordinary, overhang, pare, peer, plop, plop down, plummet, plump, plunge, portend, pout, preapprehend, press down, pull down, push down, put down, quarry, quieten, redden, reduce, reduced, retrench, retrenched, roll back, sadden, sag, sap, scale down, scaled-down, scoop, scoop out, scowl, scrabble, scrape, scratch, second rank, second string, secondary, servile, set, set down, settle, settle down, shame, shave, shorn, shorten, shorter, shovel, shrunk, shrunken, simplify, sink, sink down, slash, slouch, slump, slump down, small, smaller, snap, snarl, soften, somber, somberness, sombrousness, spade, spit, stare, step down, stoop, strip of rank, sub, subaltern, subjacent, subject, submerge, subordinate, subservient, subside, swag, take down, take from, third rank, third string, threaten, thrust down, tone down, trench, trim, trip up, trough, tune down, tunnel, turn down, under, underprivileged, underprize, undervalue, utter threats against, vulgar, warn, watered-down, weakened, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon, worn, write down, write off, wry face

Etymology 1
From low: + -er:

Etymology 2
From lower#Adjective:

Etymology 3
lowren, luren; See Dutch loeren, Late German luren. German lauern:, and English leer, lurk.

Adjective

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Verb

 * Arabic: أنزل
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 * Mandarin: 降低
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 * French: abaisser (bucket, etc), amener (sail, flag)


 * German: herunterlassen
 * Japanese: 下げる, 下ろす
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: شۆڕ کردن
 * Latin: discedo
 * Russian: опускать, опустить
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Anagrams

 * owler
 * rowel