In phonetics, a lowered sound is articulated with the tongue or lip lowered (the mouth more open) than some reference point. In the International Phonetic Alphabet this is indicated with the downtack diacritic .

Something you don't even want to consider, makes your Bus useless in the bush

the process of lowering the chassis of a car, usually as part of a customized design. Photo

pointed downward; as, with lowered eyes. Opposite of raised.

below the surround or below the normal position; "with lowered eyes"