To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
To decrease in value, amount, etc.
To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
To bring down; to humble
(lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
To reduce the height of
To depress as to direction
to pull down
To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
To make less elevated
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object
Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
older
To assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp.
To become more successful (than someone or something else).
To appropriate something without permission.
To adopt a further responsibility or duty.
To buy out the ownership of a business.
To relieve someone temporarily.
To annex a territory by conquest or invasion.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over.