lower
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the lower of two berths
Types & categories
- built in bed hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
move something or somebody to a lower position
take down the vase from the shelf
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- lift antonym
- come down causes
- letting down derivation
- lower berth derivation
Sense 3 verb
set lower
lower a rating
Types & categories
- devalue hypernym
- derate hyponym
- subordinate hyponym
Sense 4 verb
make lower or quieter
turn down the volume of a radio
Types & categories
- minify hypernym
Related & opposite
- lowering derivation
Sense 5 verb
cause to drop or sink
The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- lowering derivation
- lower berth derivation
- depressor derivation
Sense 6 verb
look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | depress |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lower |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | built in bed |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | lift |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | come down |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | letting down |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lower berth |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reef |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | depress |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dip |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | incline |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | devalue |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | derate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | subordinate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lowering |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | minify |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lowering |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lower berth |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | depressor |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | glower |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | frown |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | grimace |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | scowl |