Definitions for lowers

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lowers low·er

Spelling: [loh-er]

IPA: /ˈloʊ ər/

Lowers is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in lowers (elorsw).

Definitions for lowers

noun

1. a denture for the lower jaw.
2. a lower berth.
3. a dark, threatening appearance, as of the sky or weather.
4. a frown or scowl.

adjective

1. comparative of low1 .
2. of or relating to those portions of a river farthest from the source.
3. (often initial capital letter) Stratigraphy. noting an early division of a period, system, or the like:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to descend; let or put down:
2. to make lower in height or level:
3. to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc.
4. to make less loud:
5. to bring down in rank or estimation; degrade; humble; abase (oneself), as by some sacrifice of self-respect or dignity:
6. Music. to make lower in pitch; flatten.
7. Phonetics. to alter the articulation of (a vowel) by increasing the distance of the tongue downward from the palate:

verb (used without object)

1. to become lower, grow less, or diminish, as in amount, intensity, or degree:
2. to descend; sink:
3. to be dark and threatening, as the sky or the weather.
4. to frown, scowl, or look sullen; glower:

Origin of lowers

1150-1200; Middle English, comparative of low¹ (adj.)

Examples for lowers

The higher the volume at a factory, the more productive it is, which lowers costs.

Perhaps worst of all, this scramble for spoils raises the value of gains even as it lowers the bar for action.

lowers plum to mouth, imitating eating, tapping the chest the while.

I didn't want to exhibit it, as it lowers one to do so, and Naudet also opposed it.

“Feel my noodle,” he says as he lowers a forkful onto her face.

She stops, gives me a quick look and then turns red and lowers her eyes.

They tend to attend worse schools, which lowers their future earnings potential.

The CBO said this about the health care law back in 2010: It lowers the deficit, by about $124 billion over 10 years.

A woman must understand that she lowers herself by belittling her sisters.

It lowers my hope of a better and more equitable form of society.