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Lowering

noun

The act of causing to become less.

The act of causing something to move to a lower level. Synonym: letting down.

adjective

Darkened by clouds. Synonyms: heavy, sullen, threatening.

Lower

verb

(past & past part. lowered; pres. part. lowering)

Move something or somebody to a lower position. Synonyms: bring down, get down, let down, take down. Antonym: raise.

Set lower. Synonym: lour. "Lower expectations"

Make lower or quieter. Synonyms: lour, turn down.

Cause to drop or sink. Synonym: depress.

Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval. Synonyms: frown, glower, lour.

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"Lowering" Quotes from Famous Books

... of particular groups of wage earners. Such a situation arises, for example, when a skilled craft is faced with a revision of its processes that eliminates the need for skill, and results in the lowering of the wages of the group. This ...

— The Settlement of Wage Disputes • Herbert Feis

... panting as heavily as the dog; and lowering himself off his nag, he loosened the girths, and then sank at ...

— Diamond Dyke - The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure • George Manville Fenn

... figure 4. To obtain a second measure an assistant removes some of the boxes and the cylinder is lowered by hand three or four centimeters and then replaced in its original position. In measuring really high vacua, it is well to begin with this process of lowering and raising the cylinder, and to repeat it five or six times before taking readings. It seems as though the mercury in the tube, B, supplies to the glass a coating of air that allows it to move more freely; at all ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 303 - October 22, 1881 • Various

... until her neck was sore and she was too tired to swim if she had a chance, so she sat down to rest. She did remember what the Nigh Ox had said; still, if she couldn't go as she had planned, she wouldn't go at all. She walked into the barn to find a cool and shady place, lowering her head as she stepped over the threshold of the high ...

— Among the Farmyard People • Clara Dillingham Pierson

... lightly, as he rose, hat in hand. He glanced across at Adrien, who was talking to Lord Merivale. "I am off on another mission," he said, lowering his voice. "I fancy my friend must be thinking of ...

— Adrien Leroy • Charles Garvice

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