lower

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UK /ˈləʊ.ə/ US /ˈloʊ.ɚ/

verb 6noun 1name 1

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

carefully, gently | slowly

hastily, quickly

She quickly lowered the volume on the music when her parents came home.

down

PREP

into

He carefully lowered the heavy box into the basement storage area.

onto

The construction workers slowly lowered the heavy steel beam onto the concrete foundation.

He lowered the rope to the people waiting below on the ground.

Definitions

verb

To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down

lower a bucket into a well

to lower a sail of a boat

To pull down

to lower a flag

To reduce the height of

lower a fence or wall

lower a chimney or turret

To depress as to direction

lower the aim of a gun

To make less elevated

to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes

noun

A bicycle suspension fork component.

verb

Alternative spelling of lour.

Now is the winter of our diſcontent, / Made glorious ſummer by this ſonne of Yorke: / And all the cloudes that lowrd vpon our houſe, / In the deepe boſome of the Ocean buried.

[...] Juno took her place: / But ſullen Diſcontent ſat lowring on her Face.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signa

verb — make lower or quieter

lour

verb — set lower

lour

verb — cause to drop or sink

depress

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

lower the boom

To use one's superior physical strength.

Whenever he got his Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom.

lower the bar

to lower the standards of quality that are expected of or required for something.

lower one's sights

to lower one's expectations and accept less than one was hoping for or striving toward

Example Bank

lower a bucket into a well

Wiktionary

to lower a sail of a boat

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1833 (first publication), Alfred Tennyson, A Dream of Fair Women Lower'd softly with a threefold cord of love Down to a silent grave.

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Now is the winter of our diſcontent, / Made glorious ſummer by this ſonne of Yorke: / And all the cloudes that lowrd vpon our houſe, / In the deepe boſome of the Ocean buried.

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[...] Juno took her place: / But ſullen Diſcontent ſat lowring on her Face.

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And still when loudliest howls the storm, / And darkliest lowers his native sky, / The king's fierce soul is in that form, / The warrior's spirit threatens nigh!

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