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lower
1[ loh-er ]
verb (used with object)
- to cause to descend; let or put down:
to lower a flag.
Synonyms: ,
- to make lower in height or level:
to lower the water in a canal.
- to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: ,
- to make less loud:
Please lower your voice.
Synonyms:
His bad actions lowered him in my eyes.
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Antonyms: ,
- Music. to make lower in pitch; flatten.
- Phonetics. to alter the articulation of (a vowel) by increasing the distance of the tongue downward from the palate:
The vowel of 鈥渃lerk鈥 is lowered to (盲) in the British pronunciation.
verb (used without object)
- to become lower, grow less, or diminish, as in amount, intensity, or degree:
The brook lowers in early summer. Stock prices rise and lower constantly.
- to descend; sink:
the sun lowering in the west.
adjective
- comparative of low 1.
- of or relating to those portions of a river farthest from the source.
- (often initial capital letter) Stratigraphy. noting an early division of a period, system, or the like:
the Lower Devonian.
noun
- a denture for the lower jaw.
- a lower berth.
lower
2[ lou-er, louuhr ]
verb (used without object)
- to be dark and threatening, as the sky or the weather.
Synonyms: ,
- to frown, scowl, or look sullen; glower:
He lowers at people when he's in a bad mood.
noun
- a dark, threatening appearance, as of the sky or weather.
- a frown or scowl.
lower
1/ 藞濒蓹蕣蓹 /
adjective
- being below one or more other things
the lower shelf
the lower animals
- reduced in amount or value
a lower price
- maths (of a limit or bound) less than or equal to one or more numbers or variables
- sometimes capital geology denoting the early part or division of a period, system, formation, etc
Lower Silurian
verb
- tr to cause to become low or on a lower level; bring, put, or cause to move down
- tr to reduce or bring down in estimation, dignity, value, etc
to lower oneself
- to reduce or be reduced
to lower one's confidence
- tr to make quieter
to lower the radio
- tr to reduce the pitch of
- tr phonetics to modify the articulation of (a vowel) by bringing the tongue further away from the roof of the mouth
- intr to diminish or become less
lower
2/ 藞濒补蕣蓹 /
verb
- (esp of the sky, weather, etc) to be overcast, dark, and menacing
- to scowl or frown
noun
- a menacing scowl or appearance
lower
- Being an earlier division of the geological or archaeological period named.
- Compare upper
Derived Forms
- 藞濒辞飞别谤补产濒别, adjective
- 藞濒辞飞别谤颈苍驳濒测, adverb
- 藞濒辞飞别谤颈苍驳, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 濒辞飞顎侥谤路补路产濒别 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of lower1
Example Sentences
The country鈥檚 lower wages would give the factory a discount on skilled labor, as well as faster transportation times and a lower tariff rate for exports to the U.S.
From the original and enhanced subsidies, Covered California enrollees currently get $563 a month on average, lowering the average monthly out-of-pocket premium from $698 to $135, according to data from Covered California.
S&P Global Ratings has lowered the bond ratings for the city of Los Angeles, which is trying to close a nearly $1-billion budget deficit.
Despite the car having a new number plate and a lower mileage, Mr Valentine's suspicions were confirmed when he later discovered his and his parents addresses in the history of the built-in navigation system.
Padres outfielder Tommy Pham was injured in an altercation Sunday night in San Diego and underwent surgery for a stab wound in his lower back.
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