lower
move something or somebody to a lower position
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,170 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 15,753 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- move something or somebody to a lower position also: take down, let down, get down, bring down take down the vase from the shelf
- set lower also: lour lower a ratinglower expectations
- make lower or quieter also: turn down, lour turn down the volume of a radio
- cause to drop or sink also: depress The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir
- look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval also: frown, glower, lour
noun
- the lower of two berths also: lower berth
lower in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He managed to lower and steady his voice.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Nay, lower, you shall wear my jewel lower.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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John had taken the Lower Remove, the highest form but one open to new boys.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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A century before, a Hawn had settled in one bottom, the lower one, and a Honeycutt in the other.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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He bit his lower lip and went and sat down before the desk again and turned on the electric reading-lamp.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1