"Lower" is a word in ENGLISH
Compar. of Low, a.
Cloudiness; gloominess.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to
lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower
distilled liquors.
To reduce in value, amount, etc. ; as, to lower the price of
goods, the rate of interest, etc.
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to
let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat;
sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to
lower a chimney or turret.
To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun;
to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition,
aspirations, or hopes.
To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be
covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show
threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
A frowning; sullenness.
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease;
as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
To frown; to look sullen.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
Read the complete definitionTo cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to …
Read the complete definitionBorne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of …
Read the complete definitionLowered; humbled.
Read the complete definitionTo bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to …
Read the complete definitionTo reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
Read the complete definitionTo cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
Read the complete definitionA larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in …
Read the complete definitionIn English ecclesiastical law. A clerk that registers the acts and constitutions of the lower house of convoca-tion; or a …
Read the complete definitionThe state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and …
Read the complete definitionFrom a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground.
Read the complete definitionpellate court of a judgment, order, or decree of n lower court brought before it for review. See Affirm.
Read the complete definitionExchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds.
Read the complete definitionakbù v [A; a] lean on the lower arms. Nag-akbù siya sa bintánà, Shes in the window leaning on her …
Read the complete definitionA person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to …
Read the complete definitionalimángu n k. o. edible crab of tidal swamps, black on the back, but lighter on the inside and on …
Read the complete definitionalimása v [A; a] wash the body, esp. the lower limbs. Akuy mualimása (mag-alimása) sa mga bátà, Ill wash the …
Read the complete definitionalimpásong - A hollow, a shallow depression in the soil, in a floor, etc.; hollow, depressed, lower than the surrounding …
Read the complete definitionalip-ip n {1} persons back reaching from the shoulders as far as the waist. {2} waist, part on the side …
Read the complete definitionA large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the …
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