lower has definitions from the field of housing
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[ verb ] move something or somebody to a lower position

Examples

"take down the vase from the shelf"

Used in print

(Mr. America, 4:6...)

Before your first training experiment has ended there will be a big improvement and almost before you know it you 'll be raising and lowering yourself just like a veteran !

(Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)

This anomalous status of the educator cannot fail to lower his standing in the eyes of the students .

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

He did not lower his arm .

Harry_Hawk had not shifted position , but he at_last lowered his arm .

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

Pullen_James humbly lowered his head , pushed_aside the hardtack box door of the hut , and was gone from sight .

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[ verb ] set lower

Synonyms

lour

Examples

"lower a rating" "lower expectations"

Used in print

(Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)

During a round of target_practice the sun comes from behind a cloud and dazzles the marksman , lowering his chance of a bull's-eye .

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"

Used in print

(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)

Electromyography revealed no evidence of lower motor_neuron disease .

Related terms

inferior

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[ adjective ] inferior in rank or status

Examples

"the junior faculty" "a lowly corporal" "petty officialdom" "a subordinate functionary"

Used in print

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

First , the girl 's education has a lower priority than the son 's .

(James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)

Undoubtedly far more can be done in the lower grades in this regard in the Negro schools .

Related terms

junior

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[ adjective ] inferior in rank or status

Examples

"the junior faculty" "a lowly corporal" "petty officialdom" "a subordinate functionary"

Related terms

junior

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[ verb ] make lower or quieter

Synonyms

lour turn_down

Examples

"turn down the volume of a radio"

Used in print

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

Obligingly Gibby lowered his voice .

Related terms

decrease lowering

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[ verb ] cause to drop or sink

Synonyms

depress

Examples

"The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"

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"

Used in print

(Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)

These are fluids which one would expect to be less viscoelastic or more Newtonian because of their lower molecular_weight .

There is one exception to the above statement as has been pointed_out , and that is that fluids can relax by flowing into fields of lower rates of shear , so the statement should be modified by stating that the mechanics are similar .

(James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)

An isotropic resonance shift of **f to lower applied fields indicates a weak isotropic hyperfine contact interaction .

The **f layers are stacked normal to the [ 111 ] axis with the lower oxygens of one layer directly above the upper oxygens of the neighboring lower layer , in such a manner that the repeat is every three layers .

The **f layers are stacked normal to the [ 111 ] axis with the lower oxygens of one layer directly above the upper oxygens of the neighboring lower layer , in such a manner that the repeat is every three layers .

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bottom

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 7394
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[ adjective ] of the underworld

Examples

"nether regions"

Related terms

infernal

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[ noun ] (housing) the lower of two berths

Synonyms

lower_berth

Related terms

berth

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