adj. Lower; under.adj. Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.ad. Down; downward.ad. Low; low down.v. To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.v. To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.v. To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.v. To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.v. To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.n. Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.n. A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.