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lower

('l/AU//@/r )

move something or somebody to a lower position(verb.motion)

Synonym:
bring down, get down, let down, take down
Antonym:
bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise

source: wordnet30
set lower(verb.change)

Example:
Lower a rating.
Lower expectations.

Synonym:
lour

source: wordnet30
make lower or quieter(verb.change)

Synonym:
lour, turn down

source: wordnet30
cause to drop or sink(verb.contact)

Synonym:
depress

source: wordnet30
look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval(verb.body)

Synonym:
frown, glower, lour

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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