(of a button on a device or machine) To press down on
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Less high in position
“The book you're looking for is on the lower shelf of the cabinet.”
Less high in rankquality or amount
“The first-line or lower manager is most concerned with the performance of his or her immediate work unit.”
Reduced in amount or valueespecially of price
“You may have to accept a lower price given the lack of interest.”
Unimportant or insignificant in nature
Relating to the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something
Located in a holespaceor opening
Relating to or characteristic of hell or the underworld
Of an earlier time or age
To move something to a lower level
“Stop work immediately and lower the platform to the ground.”
To go to a lower levelespecially abruptly
“A mere glance upwards at a bright lamp caused it to lower from the domed ceiling.”
To decrease in sizeamountvalueor degree
“Economists debated if they could lower interest rates to stimulate demand.”
To diminish in intensity or severityespecially gradually
“The water level would gradually lower over time.”
To behave in a way that is perceived as unworthy or debased
“He must really be infatuated with her to be willing to lower himself to this level.”
(of a sound) To make or become less in amountintensityor degree
“We told them to lower their voices while the ceremony was in progress.”
To look angry or sullen
“The frumpy old lady would lower at the kids whenever they misbehaved.”
To have a forbidding or gloomy expression or look
“The sky would begin to lowerand we knew a thunderstorm was afoot.”
To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is
To lower the rank or status of something or someone
To plunge intounderor within anythingespecially a fluid
To physically bend downward
To physically bring to the ground
To put a damper on one's mood or enthusiasm
To completely destroyespecially by pulling to the ground
To be on the verge of transpiringoccurring or happening
To pull (curtains) shut or open
(of a button on a device or machine) To press down on
To do something that one regards as below one's dignity or level of importance
To descend from somethingtypically a vehicle
To fitor be fittedinto a slot
A facial expression indicating disapproval or displeasure
“He flinched when he saw the scornful lower on her face.”
Downward or low down
More distant or at a lower position in a spatial or hierarchical arrangement
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