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Lower   /lˈoʊər/   Listen
Lower

verb
(past & past part. lowered; pres. part. lowering)
1.
Move something or somebody to a lower position.  Synonyms: bring down, get down, let down, take down.
2.
Set lower.  Synonym: lour.  "Lower expectations"
3.
Make lower or quieter.  Synonyms: lour, turn down.
4.
Cause to drop or sink.  Synonym: depress.
5.
Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval.  Synonyms: frown, glower, lour.
noun
1.
The lower of two berths.  Synonym: lower berth.



Low

adjective
(compar. lower; superl. lowest)
1.
Less than normal in degree or intensity or amount.  "The reservoir is low"
2.
Literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension.  "Low clouds" , "Low hills" , "The sun is low" , "Low furniture" , "A low bow"
3.
Very low in volume.  Synonym: low-toned.  "The low-toned murmur of the surf"
4.
Unrefined in character.
5.
Used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency.  Synonym: low-pitched.
6.
Of the most contemptible kind.  Synonyms: abject, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy.  "A low stunt to pull" , "A low-down sneak" , "His miserable treatment of his family" , "You miserable skunk!" , "A scummy rabble" , "A scurvy trick"
7.
Low or inferior in station or quality.  Synonyms: humble, lowly, modest, small.  "A lowly parish priest" , "A modest man of the people" , "Small beginnings"
8.
No longer sufficient.  Synonym: depleted.  "Our funds are depleted"
9.
Subdued or brought low in condition or status.  Synonyms: broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated.  "A broken man" , "His broken spirit"
10.
Filled with melancholy and despondency.  Synonyms: blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low-spirited.  "Gloomy predictions" , "A gloomy silence" , "Took a grim view of the economy" , "The darkening mood" , "Lonely and blue in a strange city" , "Depressed by the loss of his job" , "A dispirited and resigned expression on her face" , "Downcast after his defeat" , "Feeling discouraged and downhearted"



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"Lower" Quotes from Famous Books



... Roman writers seem to have had some slight knowledge of savagery and the lower status of barbarism as prevailing in remote places ("Ptolomee dit que es extremites de la terre habitable sont gens sauvages," Oresme, Les Ethiques d'Aristote, Paris, 1488), but their remarks are usually ...
— The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) - with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest • John Fiske

... hired by the day, and the longer she was out the more he pocketed. The midshipmen did not reflect on this, and thought his advice good. Old Higson also was in no hurry to get back to the ship to attend to the unpleasant duties of the mate of the lower deck. He was captain for the nonce, and command is sweet, even over a black crew and a set of boisterous youngsters. The anchor was got up, and sail ...
— The Three Lieutenants • W.H.G. Kingston

... have contracted for teaching the lower classes with a young person called Peter, or Patrick, Pattieson, who had been educated for our Holy Kirk, yea, had, by the license of presbytery, his voice opened therein as a preacher, who delighted in the collection of olden tales and legends, and in garnishing them with the flowers ...
— The Black Dwarf • Sir Walter Scott

... indeed, in all ages and lands, been the normal process of Christian conquest, to gather in the lower classes first. It is not by filtering downward but by leavening upward that Christianity has been wont to enter and to transform nations. As this was the initial method in apostolic days, so has it continued through ...
— India's Problem Krishna or Christ • John P. Jones

... or Majlisi Oli consists of the Assembly of Representatives (lower chamber) or Majlisi Namoyandagon (63 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the National Assembly (upper chamber) or Majlisi Milliy (33 seats; members are indirectly elected, 25 selected by local deputies, 8 appointed by the president; all serve five-year ...
— The 2005 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency


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