lower
     adj 1: (usually preceded by `no') lower in esteem; "no less a
            person than the king himself" [syn: {less}]
     2: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
        corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
        functionary" [syn: {junior-grade}, {inferior}, {lower-ranking},
         {lowly}, {petty(a)}, {secondary}, {subaltern}, {subordinate}]
     3: the bottom one of two; "he chose the lower number"
     4: of the underworld; "nether regions" [syn: {chthonian}, {chthonic},
         {nether}]
     n : the lower of two berths [syn: {lower berth}]
     v 1: move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down
          the vase from the shelf" [syn: {take down}, {let down},
          {get down}, {bring down}] [ant: {raise}]
     2: set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations" [syn: {lour}]
     3: cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the
        water level in the reservoir" [syn: {depress}]
     4: make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"
        [syn: {turn down}, {lour}]
     5: look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to
        signal disapproval [syn: {frown}, {glower}, {lour}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0