lowering Definition

1. Not as high in position, status, height, value, etc.

Example: lower middle class
Thesaurus: inferior, lesser, minor, subordinate, subservient, junior, secondary.
2. Said of an animal or plant: less highly developed than other species.
3. Said of part of a river or the area of land around it: relatively far from the source.

Example: lower Deeside
4a. In place names: relatively far south;
4b. In place names: geographically not so high.

1. In or to a lower position.

1. To lessen or become less in amount, value, status, sound, etc.

Thesaurus: scale down, decrease, downgrade, curtail; Antonym: increase.
2a. To pull down;

Example: We'd better lower the window
2b. To cause or allow something to come down.

Example: lowered the lifeboat
3. To reduce or cause something to be reduced.

Example: The rejection lowered his confidence
Thesaurus: belittle, condescend, humiliate, degrade, devalue, debase, demote.