| lower |
| 1. adj. comparative form of low: more low | |
| 2. adj. bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object | |
| 3. adj. (geology, of strata or geological time periods) older | |
| 4. adv. comparative form of low: more low | |
| 5. v. To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down | |
| lower a bucket into a well | |
| to lower a sail of a boat | |
| 6. v. to pull down | |
| to lower a flag | |
| 7. v. To reduce the height of | |
| lower a fence or wall | |
| lower a chimney or turret | |
| 8. v. To depress as to direction | |
| lower the aim of a gun | |
| 9. v. To make less elevated | |
| to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes | |
| 10. v. To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of | |
| lower the temperature | |
| lower one's vitality | |
| lower distilled liquors | |
| 11. v. To bring down; to humble | |
| lower one's pride | |
| 12. v. (reflexive) (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity. | |
| I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes. | |
| 13. v. To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc. | |
| lower the price of goods | |
| lower the interest rate | |
| 14. v. (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease | |
| The river lowered as rapidly as it rose. | |
| 15. v. (intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc. | |
| 16. v. alternative spelling of lour. | |
| one |
| 1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number. | |
| In some religions, there is only one god. | |
| In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth. | |
| One person, one vote. | |
| 2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers. | |
| 3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set. | |
| 4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one. | |
| 5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group. | |
| The big one looks good. I want the green one. A good driver is one who drives carefully. | |
| 6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other. | |
| She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other. | |
| 7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general). | |
| One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed. One shouldn’t be too quick to judge. | |
| 8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing. | |
| "driver", noun: one who drives. | |
| 9. n. The digit or figure 1. | |
| 10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring. | |
| 11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill. | |
| 12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single. | |
| 13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote. | |
| 14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing. | |
| 15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1". | |
| A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?! | |
| Someone help me; I'm always losing! | |
| B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1! | |
| Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| 16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular. | |
| One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries. | |
| 17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any. | |
| My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.". | |
| 18. adj. Sole, only. | |
| He is the one man who can help you. | |
| 19. adj. Whole, entire. | |
| Body and soul are not separate; they are one. | |
| 20. adj. In agreement. | |
| We are one on the importance of learning. | |
| 21. adj. The same. | |
| The two types look very different, but are one species. | |
| 22. adj. Being a preeminent example. | |
| He is one hell of a guy. | |
| 23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain". | |
| The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”. | |
| 24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite. | |
| vitality |
| 1. n. The capacity to live and develop. | |
| 2. n. Energy or vigour. | |
| 3. n. That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness. | |
