lower

  1. Adjective.  (comparative of, [[low#Adjective) .
  2. Adverb.  (comparative of, low) .
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) to pull down.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To reduce the height of.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To depress as to direction.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To make less elevated.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of.
  9. Verb.  (transitive) To bring down; to humble.
  10. Verb.  (reflexive) ('''lower oneself''') To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
  11. Verb.  (transitive) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
  12. Verb.  (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease.
  13. Verb.  (intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc.
  14. Verb.  (intransitive) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
  15. Verb.  (intransitive) To frown; to look sullen.

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