Wordle #1105 — June 28, 2024 — LOWER

adj

comparative, form-ofcomparative form of low: more low
Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
“Lower Manhattan”
“Lower Burgundy”
Older.

adv

verb

transitiveTo let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
“lower a bucket into a well”
“to lower a sail of a boat”
“1833 (first publication), Alfred Tennyson, A Dream of Fair Women Lower'd softly with a threefold cord of love Down to a silent grave.”
transitiveTo pull down
“to lower a flag”
transitiveTo reduce the height of
“lower a fence or wall”
“lower a chimney or turret”
transitiveTo depress as to direction
“lower the aim of a gun”
transitiveTo make less elevated
“to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes”
transitiveTo reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
“lower the temperature”
“lower one's vitality”
“lower distilled liquors”
transitiveTo bring down; to humble
“lower one's pride”
reflexiveTo humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
“I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.”
transitiveTo reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
“lower the price of goods”
“lower the interest rate”
intransitiveTo fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
“The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.”
intransitiveTo decrease in value, amount, etc.
transitiveTo reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.

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