Was (wer) ist Lower - definition
NORWEGIAN POLITICIAN
Eldbjorg Lower; Løwer
lower
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Lower (disambiguation)
(lowers, lowering, lowered)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
You can use lower to refer to the bottom one of a pair of things.
She bit her lower lip.
...the lower deck of the bus...
The upper layer of felt should overlap the lower.
...the lower of the two holes.
? upper
ADJ: ADJ n, the ADJ, the ADJ of n
2.
You can use lower to refer to the bottom part of something.
Use a small cushion to help give support to the lower back.
...fires which started in the lower part of a tower block.
? upper
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
You can use lower to refer to people or things that are less important than similar people or things.
Already the awards are causing resentment in the lower ranks of council officers...
The nation's highest court reversed the lower court's decision...
The higher orders of society must rule the lower.
? higher
ADJ: ADJ n, the ADJ
4.
If you lower something, you move it slowly downwards.
Two reporters had to help lower the coffin into the grave...
Sokolowski lowered himself into the black leather chair...
'No movies of me getting out of the pool, boys.' They dutifully lowered their cameras.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V pron-refl prep/adv, V n
• lowering
...the extinguishing of the Olympic flame and the lowering of the flag.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
5.
If you lower something, you make it less in amount, degree, value, or quality.
The Central Bank has lowered interest rates by 2 percent...
VERB: V n
• lowering
...a package of social measures which included the lowering of the retirement age.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
6.
If someone lowers their head or eyes, they look downwards, for example because they are sad or embarrassed.
She lowered her head and brushed past photographers as she went back inside...
She lowered her gaze to the hands in her lap.
? raise
VERB: V n, V n
7.
If you say that you would not lower yourself by doing something, you mean that you would not behave in a way that would make you or other people respect you less.
Don't lower yourself, don't be the way they are...
I've got no qualms about lowering myself to Lemmer's level to get what I want.
VERB: oft with brd-neg, V pron-refl, V pron-refl to n
8.
If you lower your voice or if your voice lowers, you speak more quietly.
The man moved closer, lowering his voice...
His voice lowers confidentially.
VERB: V n, V
9.
see also low
Lower
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Lower (disambiguation)
·adj Compar. of Low, ·adj.
II. Lower ·noun Cloudiness; gloominess.
III. Lower ·noun A frowning; sullenness.
IV. Lower ·vi To Frown; to look sullen.
VI. Lower ·adj To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
VII. Lower ·adj To reduce in value, amount, ·etc. ; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, ·etc.
VIII. Lower ·adj 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.
IX. Lower ·adj To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, ·etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
X. Lower ·vi 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.
XI. Lower ·adj 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.
lower
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Lower (disambiguation)
I. v. a.
1.
Depress, drop, sink, let down, bring down, take down.
2.
Degrade, debase, disgrace, humble, humiliate, reduce.
3.
Lessen, diminish, reduce, decrease.
II. v. n.
Fall, sink, diminish, decrease, grow less, subside.
III. v. n.
1.
Grow dark, be clouded, appear gloomy, appear stormy.
2.
Frown, glower, look sullen, look black.
Wikipedia
Eldbjørg Løwer
Eldbjørg Løwer (born 14 July 1943) is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
Aussprachebeispiele für Lower
1. He was circling, lower, lower, lower,
Influence Without Affluence _ Radhanath Swami _ Talks at Google
2. goes lower, lower, lower on the list.
Marriage & the Art of Living Together _ Daphne de Marneffe _ Talks at Google
3. lower.
Anatomy of Muscle Building _ Craig Ramsay _ Talks at Google
4. lower.
Market _ Sanjay Bakshi _ Talks at Google
5. lower.
Westlake _ Talks at Google
Beispiele aus Textkorpus für Lower
1. The Lower Ninth will never be the Lower Ninth again.
2. I can take clients at lower prices, with lower risk.
3. But entries in physics were 35.2% lower, entries in mathematics were 21.5% lower, and entries in chemistry were 12.6% lower.
4. We know unemployment is lower Interest rates are lower Poverty is lower And mortgage repossessions much much fewer.
5. Rates are lower in East Africa and much lower in West Africa.