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Uncommonlowering
The correct spelling is lowering.
How to pronounce lowering
/ˈlaʊərɪŋ/
nounIPA: /ˈlaʊərɪŋ/
Say it like: Low-eri-ng
The correct spelling is lowering. The act of one who, or that which, lours. For example: "lower a bucket into a well"
Usage Examples
“lower a bucket into a well”
“to lower a flag”
“lower a chimney or turret”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The act of one who, or that which, lours.
- 2.The act of something being lowered.
adjective
- 1.(of sky or environment) Dark and menacing.
- 2.That lowers or frowns.
- 3.Lurking, skulking, menacing.
verb
- 1.To frown; to look sullen.
- 2.To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
- 3.To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
- 4.To pull down
- 5.To reduce the height of
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