lower

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈləʊə/, SAMPA: /"l@U@/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈloʊɚ/, SAMPA: /"loU@`/

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Adjective

Positive low

Comparative lower

Superlative lowest

1. The comparative form of low; more low.

   New Orleans is lower than Denver.

Verb

Plain form lower

Third-person singular lowers

Past tense lowered

Past participle lowered

Present participle lowering

1. If you lower something, you move it down.
   • Antonym: raise

   The man was lowered into the hole on a rope, so he could save the child.