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   lower

   /ˈləʊə/

   adjective

   • 1. less high in position: "the lower levels of the building" Similar bottombottommostunderunderneathfurther downbeneathnetherOpposite topupperhigher
   • ▪ less high in status or amount: "managers lower down the hierarchy" Similar subordinateinferiorlesserjuniorminorsecondarylower-levellower-gradesubsidiaryancillarysecond-fiddlesubservientsecond-classsecond-ratecheaperreduceddecreasedlessenedcurtailedprunedcutslashedOpposite upperseniorhigherincreased
   • ▪ (of an animal or plant) showing relatively primitive or simple characteristics.
   • 2. situated on less high land or towards the sea: "the union of Upper and Lower Egypt"
   • ▪ situated to the south: "Lower California"
   • 3. denoting an older (and hence usually deeper) part of a stratigraphic division or archaeological deposit or the period in which it was formed or deposited: "Lower Cretaceous"

   adverb

   • 1. in or into a lower position: "the sun sank lower"

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • W

     4

   • E

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   • R

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   • English (US)

     LOWER meaning: 1. to move something into a low position: 2....

   • Znaczenie Lower, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     lower definicja: 1. to move something into a low position:...

   • Lower: Thai Translation

     LOWER translate: เสียงต่ำ, ปล่อย, มืดลง. Learn more in the...

   • Lower: German Translation

     LOWER translate: senken, herunterlassen, sich verfinstern....

   • Lower: Italian Translation

     LOWER translate: abbassare, abbassare, inferiore, abbassare,...

   • Lower: Catalan Translation

     lower translate: abaixar, baixar, inferior, de baix. Learn...

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   verb (used with object) to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag. Synonyms: depress, drop. to make lower in height or level: to lower the water in a canal. to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc. Synonyms: lessen, diminish, decrease. Antonyms: increase, raise.

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   Definitions of lower. verb. look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval. synonyms: frown, glower, lour. see more.

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