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lower

36 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) lower (verb)
  2. 2) lower (noun)
  3. 3) lower (adjective)
  4. 4) lower (verb)
  5. low (adjective)
  6. lour
  7. lower angle (noun)
  8. Lower Austral (adjective)
  9. lower boom (noun)
  10. lower bridge (noun)
  11. lower chamber (noun)
  12. Lower Chinook (noun)
  13. lower class (noun)
  14. lower-class (adjective)
  15. lower court (noun)
  16. lower covert (noun)
  17. lower criticism (noun)
  18. lower culmination (noun)
  19. lower deck (noun)
  20. lower functional calculus (noun)
  21. lower fungus (noun)
  22. lower house (noun)
  23. lower larynx (noun)
  24. lower limb (noun)
  25. Lower Mars (noun)
  26. lower mast (noun)
  27. lower orders (noun plural)
  28. lower plants (noun plural)
  29. Lower Sonoran (adjective)
  30. lower transit (noun)

1low·er

verb \ˈlau̇(-ə)r, ˈlō-ər\

Definition of LOWER

intransitive verb
1
: to look sullen : frown
2
: to be or become dark, gloomy, and threatening <an overcast sky lowered over the village>

Variants of LOWER

low·er also lour \ˈlau̇(-ə)r\

Origin of LOWER

Middle English louren; akin to Middle High German lūren to lie in wait
First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with LOWER

knower, rower, sewer, shower, thrower

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