American English pronunciation
How to pronounce lowered
IPA transcription: ['loʊɚd]
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Verb
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move something or somebody to a lower position
“take down the vase from the shelf”
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look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
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set lower
“lower a rating”
“lower expectations”
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make lower or quieter
“turn down the volume of a radio”
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cause to drop or sink
“The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir”
Adjective
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below the surround or below the normal position
“with lowered eyes”
Usage examples
- Flags at Toronto's civic centres were lowered to half mast.
- Instead, the stranger lowered it slowly, until the point touched the boy's forehead.
- A large white pipe is being lowered on a trailer, as two workers stand by.
- Instead, the stranger lowered it slowly, until the point touched the boy's forehead.
- There was reportedly a profoundly lowered recidivism amongst those who completed the program.
- The suspension was stiffened and lowered, and racing brake calipers were installed.
- Hee-ju lowered her spectacles and apologized after doing so.
- A further indignity occurred when the corpse was lowered into the tomb.
- Instead, the stranger lowered it slowly, until the point touched the boy's forehead.
- Profile drag is lowered primarily by streamlining and reducing cross section.