lower or lour

  • 1lour — to frown, late 13c. variant of LOWER (Cf. lower) (v.2). Related: Loured; louring …

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  • 2lour — (also lower) ► VERB 1) scowl. 2) (of the sky) look dark and threatening. ► NOUN 1) a scowl. 2) a louring appearance of the sky. ORIGIN of unknown origin …

    English terms dictionary

  • 3lower — low|er1 [ lour ] adjective ** 1. ) below another thing of the same kind: the upper and lower lips a ) fairly near the bottom of something: the lower floors of the building ─ opposite UPPER 2. ) fairly low in status or importance: the lower ranks… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 4lower — lower1 lowerable, adj. /loh euhr/, v.t. 1. to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag. 2. to make lower in height or level: to lower the water in a canal. 3. to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc. 4. to make less loud: Please… …

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  • 5lower — I. intransitive verb also lour Etymology: Middle English louren; akin to Middle High German lūren to lie in wait Date: 13th century 1. to look sullen ; frown 2. to be or become dark, gloomy, and threatening < an overcast sky lowered over the&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 6lower — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. lour, glower, scowl; be imminent, impend, approach. adj. & v. See lowness, dejection. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reduce, diminish, lessen, scale down, demote, de escalate, push down, bring low, set&#8230; …

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  • 7lower — low|er1 [ˈləuə US ˈlouər] adj 1.) [only before noun] below something else, especially below something of the same type ≠ ↑upper ▪ Nina chewed her lower lip anxiously. ▪ Ruth went down to the lower deck (=lower level on a ship) . your lower limbs&#8230; …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8lower — 1 adjective 1 (only before noun) below something else, especially beneath something of the same type: Nina chewed her lower lip anxiously. | the lower limbs (=legs) 2 (only before noun) at or near the bottom of something: the lower slopes of the&#8230; …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9lower — 1. adj. & adv. adj. (compar. of LOW(1)). 1 less high in position or status. 2 situated below another part (lower lip; lower atmosphere). 3 a situated on less high land (Lower Egypt). b situated to the South (Lower California). 4 (of a mammal,&#8230; …

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  • 10lower — I. /ˈloʊə / (say lohuh) adjective 1. comparative of low1. 2. (often upper case) Geology denoting an earlier division of a period, system, or the like: the Lower Devonian. –verb (t) 3. to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc. 4. to make&#8230; …