lowering – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
lowering
n.
act of making lower; diminishing, decreasing; frowning, scowling
adj.
frowning, angry, gloomy; dark, threatening (of weather)
lower
v.
decrease, turn down; lessen; let down; diminish; drop, become lower or less; humiliate, degrade; be dark and threatening (sky, etc.); frown, scowl
Raising and lowering indices
lowering
Noun
1. the act of causing to become less
(hypernym) decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
(hyponym) tapering
(derivation) lower, depress
2. the act of causing something to move to a lower level
(synonym) letting down
(hypernym) movement
(derivation) lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
Adjective
1. darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
(synonym) heavy, sullen, threatening
(similar) cloudy
lower
Noun
1. the lower of two berths
(synonym) lower berth
(hypernym) berth, bunk, built in bed
(derivation) depress
Verb
1. move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"
(synonym) take down, let down, get down, bring down
(antonym) raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) reef
(cause) descend, fall, go down, come down
(derivation) lower berth
2. set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations"
(synonym) lour
(hypernym) devalue
(hyponym) derate
3. cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
(synonym) depress
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) lower berth
4. make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"
(synonym) turn down, lour
(hypernym) decrease, lessen, minify
(derivation) lowering
5. look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
(synonym) frown, glower, lour
(hypernym) grimace, make a face, pull a face
(hyponym) scowl
Adjective
1. (usually preceded by `no') lower in esteem; "no less a person than the king himself"
(synonym) less
(similar) inferior
2. inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
(synonym) junior-grade, inferior, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern, subordinate
(similar) junior
3. the bottom one of two; "he chose the lower number"
(similar) bottom(a)
4. of the underworld; "nether regions"
(synonym) chthonian, chthonic, nether
(similar) infernal
lower
v.
spustit; sklopit; snížit; ztišit hlas
lower
Czas.
zniżać; spuszczać; obniżać; zmniejszać; osłabiać; zciszyć głos