What does "lower" mean?

A bicycle suspension fork component.

What is a synonym for "lower"?

Common synonyms include: bring down, cut, decrease, degrade, diminish, drop.

//ˈləʊ.ə// adj, adv, name, noun, verb

adj, adv, name, noun, verb ·Very common ·Middle school level

Noun

Verb

1
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down transitive
"lower a bucket into a well"
2
Alternative spelling of lour. alt-of, alternative
"Now is the winter of our diſcontent, / Made glorious ſummer by this ſonne of Yorke: / And all the cloudes that lowrd vpon our houſe, / In the deepe boſome of the Ocean buried."
3
look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval wordnet
4
To pull down transitive
"to lower a flag"
5
make lower or quieter wordnet

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6
To reduce the height of transitive
"lower a fence or wall"
7
set lower wordnet
8
To depress as to direction transitive
"lower the aim of a gun"
9
cause to drop or sink wordnet
10
To make less elevated transitive
"to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes"
11
move something or somebody to a lower position wordnet
12
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of transitive
"lower the temperature"
13
To bring down; to humble transitive
"lower one's pride"
14
To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity. reflexive
"I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes."
15
To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc. transitive
"lower the price of goods"
16
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease intransitive
"The river lowered as rapidly as it rose."
17
To decrease in value, amount, etc. intransitive
18
To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program. transitive

Adjective

1
comparative form of low: more low comparative, form-of
2
Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
3
Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
"Lower Manhattan"
4
Older.