亚洲网紅露点

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lower

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[ loh-er ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to descend; let or put down:

    to lower a flag.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to make lower in height or level:

    to lower the water in a canal.

  3. to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms: ,

  4. to make less loud:

    Please lower your voice.

    Synonyms:

  5. to bring down in rank or estimation; degrade; humble; abase (oneself), as by some sacrifice of self-respect or dignity:

    His bad actions lowered him in my eyes.

    Synonyms: , , ,

    Antonyms: ,

  6. Music. to make lower in pitch; flatten.
  7. 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)

  1. 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.

  2. to descend; sink:

    the sun lowering in the west.

adjective

  1. comparative of low 1.
  2. of or relating to those portions of a river farthest from the source.
  3. (often initial capital letter) Stratigraphy. noting an early division of a period, system, or the like:

    the Lower Devonian.

noun

  1. a denture for the lower jaw.
  2. a lower berth.

lower

2

[ lou-er, louuhr ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to be dark and threatening, as the sky or the weather.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to frown, scowl, or look sullen; glower:

    He lowers at people when he's in a bad mood.

noun

  1. a dark, threatening appearance, as of the sky or weather.
  2. a frown or scowl.

lower

1

/ 藞濒蓹蕣蓹 /

adjective

  1. being below one or more other things

    the lower shelf

    the lower animals

  2. reduced in amount or value

    a lower price

  3. maths (of a limit or bound) less than or equal to one or more numbers or variables
  4. sometimes capital geology denoting the early part or division of a period, system, formation, etc

    Lower Silurian

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to cause to become low or on a lower level; bring, put, or cause to move down
  2. tr to reduce or bring down in estimation, dignity, value, etc

    to lower oneself

  3. to reduce or be reduced

    to lower one's confidence

  4. tr to make quieter

    to lower the radio

  5. tr to reduce the pitch of
  6. tr phonetics to modify the articulation of (a vowel) by bringing the tongue further away from the roof of the mouth
  7. intr to diminish or become less
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

lower

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/ 藞濒补蕣蓹 /

verb

  1. (esp of the sky, weather, etc) to be overcast, dark, and menacing
  2. to scowl or frown
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a menacing scowl or appearance
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

lower

  1. Being an earlier division of the geological or archaeological period named.
  2. Compare upper
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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
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 濒辞飞顎侥谤路补路产濒别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lower1

First recorded in 1150鈥1200; Middle English, comparative of low 1 (adjective)

Origin of lower2

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English verb louren 鈥渢o frown, lurk鈥; akin to German lauern, Dutch loeren; lurk
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lower1

C12 (comparative of low 1); C17 (vb)
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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