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Adjective lowering has 1 sense
- heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening - darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
Antonym: clear (indirect, via cloudy)
Noun lowering has 2 senses
- lowering - the act of causing to become less
--1 is a kind of decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
--1 has particulars: tapering
- lowering, letting down - the act of causing something to move to a lower level
--2 is a kind of movement
Verb lower has 5 senses
- lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down - move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"
--1 is one way to move, displace
Antonyms: raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
Sample sentence:
They lower the bags on the table
- lower, lour - set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations"
--2 is one way to devalue
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- lower, depress - cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- turn down, lower, lour - make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"
--4 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- frown, glower, lour, lower - look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
--5 is one way to grimace, make a face, pull a face
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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