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11lower — {{11}}lower (adj.) c.1200, lahre, comparative of lah (see LOW (Cf. low) (adj.)). {{12}}lower (v.1) c.1600, to descend, sink, from lower (adj.), from M.E. lahghere (c.1200), comparative of LOW (Cf. low) (adj.). Transitive meaning to let down, to… …
12lower — lower1 adjective comparative of low1. 1》 less high in position, status, or amount. ↘(often Lower) Geology & Archaeology denoting an older (and hence typically deeper) part of a stratigraphic or archaeological division: the Lower Cretaceous.… …
13lour — Synonyms and related words: abase, abash, abated, ablated, abridge, apprehend, approach, attenuated, await, bated, be imminent, be in store, bear down, beat down, belittled, bludgeon, bode, bore, break, brew, bring down, bring low, bulldoze, bump …
14lour — see lower * * * [ laʊə] see lower …
15lour — v. be overcast, be dark and threatening (sky, etc.); frown, scowl; make lower; become lower or less …
16lower — I v 1. let down, drop, depress; thrust down, detrude, plunge, immerse, engulf, souse, douse; let sink, vail, dip, submerge, submerse; bury, sink, put down; raze, level, bring down, fell, demolish; bend down, couch, duck. 2. reduce, decrease,… …
17lour — variant of lower …
18lour — [ laʊə] (also lower) verb 1》 (of a person) scowl. 2》 (of the sky) look dark and threatening. noun 1》 a scowl. 2》 a louring appearance of the sky. Derivatives louring adjective louringly adverb loury …
19lour — verb (I) a British spelling of lower 3 …
20lour — UK [ˈlaʊə(r)] / US [ˈloʊr] another spelling of lower III …
