释义
[ loh -er ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈloʊ ər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
SEE SYNONYMS FOR lower ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object) to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
to make lower in height or level: to lower the water in a canal.
to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc.
to make less loud: Please lower your voice.
to bring down in rank or estimation; degrade; humble; abase (oneself), as by some sacrifice of self-respect or dignity: His bad actions lowered him in my eyes.
Music . to make lower in pitch; flatten.
Phonetics . to alter the articulation of (a vowel) by increasing the distance of the tongue downward from the palate: The vowel of “clerk” is lowered to (ä) in the British pronunciation.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object) to become lower, grow less, or diminish, as in amount, intensity, or degree: The brook lowers in early summer. Stock prices rise and lower constantly.
to descend; sink: the sun lowering in the west.
adjective comparative of low1 .
of or relating to those portions of a river farthest from the source.
(often initial capital letter )Stratigraphy . noting an early division of a period, system, or the like: the Lower Devonian.
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun a denture for the lower jaw.
a lower berth.
SEE MORE DEFINITIONS SEE FEWER DEFINITIONS
Origin of lower 1 1150–1200; Middle English, comparative of low1 (adj.)
SYNONYMS FOR lower 1 drop, depress.
3 decrease, diminish, lessen.
4 soften.
5 humiliate, dishonor, disgrace, debase.
SEE SYNONYMS FOR lower ON THESAURUS.COM
ANTONYMS FOR lower 3 raise, increase.
5 elevate, honor.
SEE ANTONYMS FOR lower ON THESAURUS.COM
OTHER WORDS FROM lower low·er·a·ble, adjective Words nearby lower lowdown, lowe, Lowell, Lowell Observatory, low-end, lower , lower airway, Lower Austria, lower bound, Lower Burrell, Lower California
Definition for lower (2 of 2) [ lou -er, louuh SHOW IPA
/ ˈlaʊ ər, laʊə r / PHONETIC RESPELLING
verb (used without object) to be dark and threatening, as the sky or the weather.
to frown, scowl, or look sullen; glower: He lowers at people when he's in a bad mood.
noun a dark, threatening appearance, as of the sky or weather.
a frown or scowl.
Also
lour [louuh lou -er] /laʊə r, ˈlaʊ ər/ .
Origin of lower 2 First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English lour (noun), louren (verb) “to frown, lurk”; akin to German lauern, Dutch loeren; see lurk
SYNONYMS FOR lower SEE SYNONYMS FOR lower ON THESAURUS.COM
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for lower Dossi initially was listed in critical condition with wounds to his arm and lower back.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown | Michael Daly| January 7, 2015| DAILY BEAST
States were encouraged and allowed to lower standards to make it appear they were improving.
The ‘No Child’ Rewrite Threatens Your Kids’ Future | Jonah Edelman| January 3, 2015| DAILY BEAST
I learned that he was working and living in the Lower East Side, delivering orders for an Italian restaurant and raising two kids.
Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar | Daniel Levin| December 26, 2014| DAILY BEAST
In France, the death toll has been lower : One young man killed in the city of Nantes.
France’s Wave of Crazy-Terror Christmas Attacks | Christopher Dickey| December 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The longer someone stays well, the lower their chance of relapsing, although that possibility never becomes zero.
You’re Never ‘Cured’ of an Eating Disorder | Carrie Arnold| December 20, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Sure of the result, he pressed with his finger tips upon the lower end of that short piece of board.
Murder at Bridge | Anne Austin
I was in a corner of the lower end, when I saw Dubois enter in a stout coat, with his ordinary bearing.
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete | Duc de Saint-Simon
The girl slipped away from him, reached the staircase that led to the lower floor, and bounded down.
The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer | Eugne Sue
When fluid has collected in the lower part of the chest cavity the sound will also be dull on percussion.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle | U.S. Department of Agriculture
He travelled extensively in South America; and, among other places, visited the lower valley of the Orinoco.
Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States | Raphael Semmes
SEE MORE EXAMPLES SEE FEWER EXAMPLES
British Dictionary definitions for lower (1 of 2) adjective being below one or more other things the lower shelf ; the lower animals
reduced in amount or value a lower price
maths (of a limit or bound) less than or equal to one or more numbers or variables
(sometimes capital) geology denoting the early part or division of a period, system, formation, etc Lower Silurian
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (tr) to cause to become low or on a lower level; bring, put, or cause to move down
(tr) to reduce or bring down in estimation, dignity, value, etc to lower oneself
to reduce or be reduced to lower one's confidence
(tr) to make quieter to lower the radio
(tr) to reduce the pitch of
(tr) phonetics to modify the articulation of (a vowel) by bringing the tongue further away from the roof of the mouth
(intr) to diminish or become less
SEE MORE SEE LESS
Derived forms of lower lowerable , adjective Word Origin for lower C12 (comparative of low 1 ); C17 (vb)
British Dictionary definitions for lower (2 of 2) verb (intr) (esp of the sky, weather, etc) to be overcast, dark, and menacing
to scowl or frown
noun a menacing scowl or appearance
Derived forms of lower lowering or louring , adjective loweringly or louringly , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to lower depress, drop, reduce, sink, pare, cut, soften, lessen, devalue, decrease, slash, downgrade, diminish, curtail, cut down, depreciate, scale down, junior, reduced, minor
Scientific definitions for lower Being an earlier division of the geological or archaeological period named. Compare upper .
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.