| VERB | motion | lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down | move something or somebody to a lower position |
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| change | lower, lour | set lower | |
| change | lower, turn down, lour | make lower or quieter | |
| contact | lower, depress | cause to drop or sink | |
| body | lower, frown, glower, lour | look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval | |
| NOUN | artifact | lower, lower berth | the lower of two berths |
| Sounds | low'er | |
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| Rhymes | blower ... widower: 18 rhymes with ower... | |
| Meaning | The lower of two berths. | |
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| Synonym | lower berth | |
| Broader | berth, bunk, built in bed | A bed on a ship or train |
| Spanish | litera de abajo | |
| Verbs | lower | cause to drop or sink |
| lower | move something or somebody to a lower position | |
| Meaning | Move something or somebody to a lower position. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They lower the bags on the table | |
| Synonyms | take down, let down, get down, bring down | |
| Cause to | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Narrower | depress | lower (prices or markets) |
| dip | lower briefly | |
| incline | lower or bend (the head or upper body) , as in a nod or bow | |
| reef | lower and bring partially inboard | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Opposite | raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up | Raise from a lower to a higher position |
| Spanish | arriar, bajarse, bajar | |
| Catalan | abaixar-se, abaixar, arriar, baixar, calar | |
| Nouns | lower | the lower of two berths |
| lowering | the act of causing something to move to a lower level | |
| Meaning | Set lower. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | lour | |
| Narrower | derate | lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus |
| subordinate, subdue | make subordinate, dependent, or subservient | |
| Broader | devalue | lower the value or quality of |
| Spanish | bajar | |
| Catalan | baixar | |
| Meaning | make lower or quieter. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | turn down, lour | |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
| Spanish | bajar | |
| Catalan | abaixar, baixar | |
| Nouns | lowering | the act of causing to become less |
| Meaning | Cause to drop or sink. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | depress | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Nouns | lower | the lower of two berths |
| lowering | the act of causing to become less | |
| Meaning | look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | frown, glower, lour | |
| Narrower | scowl | frown with displeasure |
| Broader | grimace, make a face, pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state |
| Spanish | fruncir | |
| Catalan | arrufar les celles, arrufar, arrugar | |
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