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| lowering | |
| 1. adj. (of sky or environment) Dark and menacing. |  |
| 2. adj. That lowers or frowns. | |
| 3. adj. Lurking, skulking, menacing. | |
| 4. n. alternative form of louring. | |
| 5. n. The act of something being lowered. | |
| 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. | |
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