to lower

Definition von to lower im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity; To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret; Alternative spelling of lour; To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose; 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 of a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag
Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love Down to a silent grave. Alfred Tennyson.; 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 (something) in value, amount, etc.; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc; To make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes; Comparative form of low: more low; {n} cloudiness, gloominess; {v} to bring low, lessen, reduce, sink; {v} to be cloudy, to frown; inferior; To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath ones dignity; Compar; {s} below another; situated below; of an earlier time period (Geology); less advanced or developed (Biology); of the larger and more representative house in a legislature that has two legislative chambers; You can use lower to refer to the bottom part of something. Use a small cushion to help give support to the lower back. fires which started in the lower part of a tower block. upper; To frown; to look sullen; make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"; A frowning; sullenness; If someone lowers their head or eyes, they look downwards, for example because they are sad or embarrassed. She lowered her head and brushed past photographers as she went back inside She lowered her gaze to the hands in her lap. raise; cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"; To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride; To move a window to the bottom of the window stack on the workspace; To bring down; to humble; as, to lower ones pride; If you lower something, you move it slowly downwards. Two reporters had to help lower the coffin into the grave Sokolowski lowered himself into the black leather chair `No movies of me getting out of the pool, boys.' They dutifully lowered their cameras. + lowering low·er·ing the extinguishing of the Olympic flame and the lowering of the flag; {i} dark threatening look; frown; If you lower your voice or if your voice lowers, you speak more quietly. The man moved closer, lowering his voice His voice lowers confidentially. see also low. Lower Avon Lower California Lower Canada; 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; less height or a smaller number -- "The earthquake lowered the historical landmark by four meters " (185); the bottom one of two; "he chose the lower number"; If you say that you would not lower yourself by doing something, you mean that you would not behave in a way that would make you or other people respect you less. Don't lower yourself, don't be the way they are I've got no qualms about lowering myself to Lemmer's level to get what I want; To move a window to the bottom of the window stack in the workspace; To make less elevated as to object; as, to lower ones ambition, aspirations, or hopes; ANY Lower limit for SELSEL; The value of the heat of combustion of a fuel as measured by allowing all products of combustion to remain in the gaseous state This method of measure does not take into account the heat energy put into the vaporization of water (heat of vaporization); To reduce in value, amount, etc; To decrease in value, amount, etc; 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; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc; look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval; the lower of two berths; Lower numbers are farther to the left on the number line; set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations" cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir" move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf" the bottom one of two; "he chose the lower number; IRSEDs less than or equal to 925; of Low, a; If you lower something, you make it less in amount, degree, value, or quality. The Central Bank has lowered interest rates by 2 percent + lowering low·er·ing a package of social measures which included the lowering of the retirement age; To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower ones vitality; to lower distilled liquors; comparative of low; to decrease (a price, tax rate, interest rate, etc ); of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors; 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; {f} decrease, turn down; lessen; let down; diminish; drop, become lower or less; humiliate, degrade; be dark and threatening (sky, etc.); frown, scowl; (usually preceded by `no') lower in esteem; "no less a person than the king himself"; inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"; of the underworld; "nether regions"; You can use lower to refer to the bottom one of a pair of things. She bit her lower lip. the lower deck of the bus The upper layer of felt should overlap the lower. the lower of the two holes. upper; the bottom one of two; "he chose the lower number; To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc; A window menu selection used to send a window to the bottom of the window stack, making it the most concealed window on the screen; move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"; You can use lower to refer to people or things that are less important than similar people or things. Already the awards are causing resentment in the lower ranks of council officers The nation's highest court reversed the lower court's decision The higher orders of society must rule the lower. higher; set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations"; Cloudiness; gloominess