To lower is to move something downward. When you go to sleep at night, you lower your head onto your pillow (unless you are a horse; in that case, you don't lower anything and sleep standing up).
Compar.
Noun
the lower of two berths
Verb
look angry or sullen, wrinkle one''s forehead, as if to signal disapproval
Verb
make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"
Verb
set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations"
Verb
cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
Verb
move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"
Adjective S.
of the underworld; "nether regions"
Adjective S.
inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
Adjective S.
(usually preceded by `no'') lower in esteem; "no less a person than the king himself"
Adjective S.
the bottom one of two; "he chose the lower number"
a.
Compar. of Low, a.
a.
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.
a.
To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to
lower a chimney or turret.
a.
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.
a.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to
lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower
distilled liquors.
a.
To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
a.
To reduce in value, amount, etc. ; as, to lower the price of
goods, the rate of interest, etc.
v. i.
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease;
as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
v. i.
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.
v. i.
To frown; to look sullen.
n.
Cloudiness; gloominess.
n.
A frowning; sullenness.
Lower
Lower
Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love Down to a silent grave.2.
Lower
Lower
All the clouds that lowered upon our house.2.
But sullen discontent sat lowering on her face.
Lower
Compar.
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down;
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease;
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.
Cloudiness; gloominess.
Usage Examples
After all these years, it's still amazing what Obama is allowed to get away with. He says low gas prices in 2009 were caused by a terrible economy, but then claims that the lower number of illegal aliens crossing the border is because of his border policies, not the same lousy economy.
Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
I'm from a lower middle class background all my family were immigrants.
I think, and I mean this sincerely, I was raised humbly. We were a lower middle income family and a household that was scrimping by at times. We were watching the dollar, stretching the dollar, and coupons. It was all those things.
I've been writing a lot, I've a few projects I'm trying to finance, I do some acting, I do some directing... Apart from that, if I could get lower that a ten handicap on my golf game I'd be thrilled.
I add a lot of citrus to my food and I think that flavors it. And, to me, that what makes it healthier, lower in fat, lower in calories. It adds lots of flavor. Spices, of course. But citrus is definitely kind of my go-to to season and really to really make those flavors, make that food come alive.
In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures.
I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.
Misspelled Formlower, klower, olower, plower, :lower, kower, oower, power, :ower, lkower, loower, lpower, l:ower, liower, l9ower, l0ower, lpower, llower, liwer, l9wer, l0wer, lpwer, llwer, loiwer, lo9wer, lo0wer, lopwer, lolwer, loqwer, lo2wer, lo3wer, loewer, loawer, loswer, loqer, lo2er, lo3er, loeer, loaer, loser, lowqer, low2er, low3er, loweer, lowaer, lowser, lowwer, low3er, low4er, lowrer, lowser, lowder, lowwr, low3r, low4r, lowrr, lowsr, lowdr, lowewr, lowe3r, lowe4r, lowerr, lowesr, lowedr, loweer, lowe4r, lowe5r, lowetr, lowefr, lowee, lowe4, lowe5, lowet, lowef, lowere, lower4, lower5, lowert, lowerf.
Other Usage ExamplesAs long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.
Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle.
By the Obama administration's reasoning, it would be constitutionally permissible to make Americans purchase nearly any product (broccoli, gym membership) that improved their health and thereby contributed to lower health-care costs.
Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies.
I look forward to working with our leadership team to advance the causes of smaller government, lower taxes, eliminating terrorism, and providing affordable health care, among other issues.
'WASP' is the only ethnic term that is in fact a term of class, apart from redneck, which is another word for the same group but who are in the lower social strata, so it's inexplicably tied up with social standing and culture and history in a way that the other hyphenations just are not.
History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
It is an accepted commonplace in psychology that the spiritual level of people acting as a crowd is far lower than the mean of each individual's intelligence or morality.
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