WordDictionary

Adjective:

• low

Verb:

• lour
• intransitive To decrease in value, amount, etc.
• intransitive To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river '''lowered''' as rapidly as it rose.
• reflexive ('''lower oneself''') To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
• transitive To bring down; to humble; as, to '''lower''' one's pride.
• transitive To depress as to direction; as, to '''lower''' the aim of a gun.
• transitive 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.
• transitive To make less elevated as to object; as, to '''lower''' one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.
• transitive To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.; as, to '''lower''' the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.
• transitive To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to '''lower''' the temperature of anything; to '''lower''' one's vitality; to '''lower''' distilled liquors.
• transitive To reduce the height of; as, to '''lower''' a fence or wall; to '''lower''' a chimney or turret.