lower

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   set lower

   lower a rating

2. 2
   adj

   Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.

   Lower Manhattan

3. 3
   verb

   To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down

   lower a bucket into a well

4. 4
   verb

   To pull down

   to lower a flag

5. 5
   verb

   To reduce the height of

   lower a fence or wall

6. 6
   verb

   To depress as to direction

   lower the aim of a gun

7. 7
   verb

   To make less elevated

   to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes

8. 8
   verb

   To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of

   lower the temperature

Etymology

From low + -er (comparative suffix).