lower
/ˈloʊ.ɚ/ verb B2- 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
- To pull down. · to lower a flag
- To reduce the height of. · lower a fence or wall· lower a chimney or turret
- To depress as to direction. · lower the aim of a gun
- To make less elevated. · to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes
- To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of. · lower the temperature· lower one's vitality
- To bring down; to humble. · lower one's pride
- 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.
He/she/it lowers · Past lowered · Past participle lowered · -ing form lowering
Verb forms
- Base form
- lower
- He/she/it
- lowers
- Past
- lowered
- Past participle
- lowered
- -ing form
- lowering
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For this purpose they probably lowered the bridge, which can be done quite noiselessly, and then raised it again.
Then, as they were just passing the Round Tower, the young man shouted: “Stand by there to lower the topsails and jib; brail up the spanker!”
“Let go—and clue up!” At this last command all the sails were lowered, and the vessel moved almost imperceptibly onwards.
He called to her and earnestly begged her to come lower down, lest she fall by some mishap; and he added that the meadows lay where he was standing, and that the herbage was most tender.
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