to cause to descend; let or put down

to lower a flag.

to make lower in height or level

to lower the water in a canal.

to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc.

to make less loud

Please lower your voice.

to bring down in rank or estimation; degrade; humble; abase (oneself), as by some sacrifice of self-respect or dignity

His bad actions lowered him in my eyes.

Music . to make lower in pitch; flatten.

Phonetics . to alter the articulation of (a vowel) by increasing the distance of the tongue downward from the palate

The vowel of clerk is lowered to in the British pronunciation.

to become lower, grow less, or diminish, as in amount, intensity, or degree

The brook lowers in early summer. Stock prices rise and lower constantly.

to descend; sink

the sun lowering in the west.

comparative of low 1 .

of or pertaining to those portions of a river farthest from the source.

( often initial capital letter ) Stratigraphy . noting an early division of a period, system, or the like

the Lower Devonian.

a denture for the lower jaw.

a lower berth.

adjective

higher , important , superior

verb

elevate , increase , raise , heighten , rise , compliment , laud , praise

adjective

bush-league * , curtailed , decreased , diminished , junior , lessened , lesser , low , lower rung , minor , nether , pared down , reduced , secondary , second-class , second-fiddle , second-string , smaller , subjacent , subordinate , under , inferior , minor-league , petty , small , subaltern

verb

bring low , cast down , couch , demit , depress , descend , detrude , droop , drop , ground , let down , make lower , push down , reduce , set down , sink , submerge , take down , abate , clip , curtail , cut , cut back , cut down , decrease , decry , de-escalate , deflate , demote , depreciate , devaluate , devalue , diminish , downgrade , downsize , lessen , mark down , moderate , pare , prune , roll back , scale down , shave , slash , soften , tone down , undervalue , write off , abase , bemean , condescend , debase , degrade , deign , demean , humble , humiliate , stoop , glower , scowl , brew , hang over , impend , loom , menace , overhang , chop , crop , lop , shear , trim , truncate , cheapen , write down , abash , below , beneath , decreased , dip , dishonor , disparage , fall , frown , glare , immerse , inferior , less , looksullen , mute , nether , subside , under

noun

black look , glower , scowl