Results for lower

Definition of lower:

• part of speech: (verb intransitive)

  To descend; lessen.

• part of speech: (adjective)

  Comp. of low; less high or elevated.

• part of speech: (verb transitive)

  To let down; depress; degrade; lessen.

• part of speech: (verb)

  To bring low; to cause to descend; to bring down; to lessen; to humble or degrade; to enfeeble; to sink.

• part of speech: (verb intransitive)

  To appear gloomy; frown.

Usage examples for lower:

“ Then we went up to bed, leaving a small light at the telephone in the lower hall: nothing else. ” The Window at the White Cat, - Mary Roberts Rinehart.

“ I declared in a much lower tone. ” The Beldonald Holbein, - Henry James.