Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down. · To pull down. · To reduce the height of. · To depress as to direction.
adj
comparative form of low: more low · Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object. · Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly. · Older.
adv
comparative form of low: more low
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA bicycle suspension fork component.
From low + -er (comparative suffix).
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