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• Lowering (2)
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(1):

(a.) Compar. of Low, a.

(2):

(n.) Cloudiness; gloominess.

(3):

(v. i.) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.

(4):

(a.) 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.

(5):

(a.) To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.

(6):

(a.) To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.

(7):

(a.) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.

(8):

(a.) To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.

(9):

(a.) To reduce in value, amount, etc.; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.

(10):

(v. i.) To frown; to look sullen.

(11):

(n.) A frowning; sullenness.

(12):

(v. i.) 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.