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| 1. | [ verb ] move something or somebody to a lower position | |
| Synonyms: | let_down bring_down take_down get_down | |
| Examples: | "take down the vase from the shelf" |
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| Related terms: | raise move tend depress dip incline reef descend | |
| 2. | [ verb ] set lower | |
| Synonyms: | lour | |
| Examples: | "lower a rating" "lower expectations" |
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| Related terms: | devalue subdue derate | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (usually preceded by `no)' lower in esteem | |
| Synonyms: | less | |
| Examples: | "no less a person than the king himself" |
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| Related terms: | inferior | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] inferior in rank or status | |
| Synonyms: | inferior lowly junior-grade subordinate petty subaltern secondary lower-ranking | |
| Examples: | "the junior faculty" "a lowly corporal" "petty officialdom" "a subordinate functionary" |
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| Related terms: | junior | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] inferior in rank or status | |
| Synonyms: | junior-grade lowly inferior subordinate petty subaltern secondary lower-ranking | |
| Examples: | "the junior faculty" "a lowly corporal" "petty officialdom" "a subordinate functionary" |
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| Related terms: | junior | |
| 6. | [ verb ] make lower or quieter | |
| Synonyms: | lour turn_down | |
| Examples: | "turn down the volume of a radio" |
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| Related terms: | decrease lowering | |
| 7. | [ verb ] cause to drop or sink | |
| Synonyms: | depress | |
| Examples: | "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir" |
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| Related terms: | change depressor | |
| 8. | [ verb ] look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval | |
| Synonyms: | frown lour glower | |
| Related terms: | grimace scowl glare | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] the bottom one of two | |
| Examples: | "he chose the lower number" |
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| Related terms: | bottom | |
| 10. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 7394 | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] of the underworld | |
| Synonyms: | chthonic nether chthonian | |
| Examples: | "nether regions" |
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| Related terms: | infernal | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (housing) the lower of two berths | |
| Synonyms: | lower_berth | |
| Related terms: | berth | |
| Similar spelling: |
Lowery Loera Loehr Lor Loar Lohr loir lour Lory Lora lore Lori Loire Loree lorre Lorie Lorri lorry Loura Louro Loria lowry Lorrie Lourie Lowrey Lowrie |
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