adj
Meaning 1
Dark and menacing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gloomy, threatening
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lowering
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈlaʊərɪŋ/
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General-American: lō′əring
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊərɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ.ə.ɹɪŋ/
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General-American: /ˈloʊ.ɚ.ɪŋ/
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General-American: /ˈloʊ.ɹɪŋ/
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General-American: lōʹərĭng
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CMU ARPABET: L OW1 ER0 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
That lowers or frowns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: frowning, scowling, gloomy, sullen, glowering
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Lurking, skulking, menacing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The act of something being lowered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes lower.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: raising
noun
Meaning 6
Alternative form of louring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of lower
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
darkened by clouds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a heavy sky
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heavy, sullen, threatening
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
the act of causing something to move to a lower level
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: letting down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: movement
noun
Meaning 10
the act of causing to become less
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
Narrower terms: tapering
History
Etymology
From Middle English louryng, louringe, lowrynge, later variant of lourand, lowrand, lourande, lowrande, equivalent to lour + -ing. Cognate with Dutch loerend (“lurking, louring”).
c. 1600, "descend, sink, grow less or lower" (intransitive), from lower (adj.), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "let down, cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the transitive sense "to cause to descend" the older verb was low. From Middle English lahghenn, (c. 1200), which continued in use into the 18c.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: abaixament — act of something being lowered
- Dutch: verlaging — act of something being lowered
- French: baisse — act of something being lowered
- Greek: χαμήλωμα (chamíloma) — act of something being lowered
- Occitan: abaissament — act of something being lowered
- Spanish: bajamiento — act of something being lowered
- French: descente — sound change