ALL meanings of lowering
low·er·ing
L l - adjective lowering comparative of low1 . 1
- adjective lowering of or relating to those portions of a river farthest from the source. 1
- adjective lowering (often initial capital letter) Stratigraphy. noting an early division of a period, system, or the like: the Lower Devonian. 1
- verb with object lowering to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag. 1
- verb with object lowering to make lower in height or level: to lower the water in a canal. 1
- verb with object lowering to reduce in amount, price, degree, force, etc. 1
- verb with object lowering to make less loud: Please lower your voice. 1
- verb with object lowering to bring down in rank or estimation; degrade; humble; abase (oneself), as by some sacrifice of self-respect or dignity: His bad actions lowered him in my eyes. 1
- verb with object lowering Music. to make lower in pitch; flatten. 1
- verb with object lowering Phonetics. to alter the articulation of (a vowel) by increasing the distance of the tongue downward from the palate: The vowel of “clerk” is lowered to (ä) in the British pronunciation. 1
- verb without object lowering to be dark and threatening, as the sky or the weather. 1
- verb without object lowering to frown, scowl, or look sullen; glower: He lowers at people when he's in a bad mood. 1
- noun lowering a dark, threatening appearance, as of the sky or weather. 1
- noun lowering a frown or scowl. 1
- adjective lowering sky: heavy, darkening 1
- noun lowering decreasing, lessening 1
- noun lowering figures: decreasing 1
- noun lowering bringing down, removal 1
- noun lowering Move (someone or something) in a downward direction. 1
- noun lowering The act of something being lowered. 0
- verb lowering present participle of lower. 0
- adjective lowering That lowers or frowns. 0
- adjective lowering scowling; frowning darkly 0
- adjective lowering dark, as if about to rain or snow; overcast 0