{s} below another; situated below; of an earlier time period (Geology); less advanced or developed (Biology); of the larger and more representative house in a legislature that has two legislative chambers
You can use lower to refer to the bottom part of something. Use a small cushion to help give support to the lower back. fires which started in the lower part of a tower block. upper
If someone lowers their head or eyes, they look downwards, for example because they are sad or embarrassed. She lowered her head and brushed past photographers as she went back inside She lowered her gaze to the hands in her lap. raise
cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
If you lower something, you move it slowly downwards. Two reporters had to help lower the coffin into the grave Sokolowski lowered himself into the black leather chair `No movies of me getting out of the pool, boys.' They dutifully lowered their cameras. + lowering low·er·ing the extinguishing of the Olympic flame and the lowering of the flag