lower

move something or somebody to a lower position

• “take down the vase from the shelf”

set lower

• “lower a rating”
• “lower expectations”

cause to drop or sink

• “The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir”

make lower or quieter

• “turn down the volume of a radio”

look angry or sullen, wrinkle one''s forehead, as if to signal disapproval

(usually preceded by `no'') lower in esteem

• “no less a person than the king himself”

inferior in rank or status

• “the junior faculty”
• “a lowly corporal”
• “petty officialdom”
• “a subordinate functionary”

the bottom one of two

• “he chose the lower number”

of the underworld

• “nether regions”

the lower of two berths