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lowering

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low·er 1  (lour, lour) also lour (lour)
intr.v. low·ered also loured, low·er·ing also lour·ing, low·ers also lours
1. To look angry, sullen, or threatening. See Synonyms at frown.
2. To appear dark or threatening, as the sky.
n.
1. A threatening, sullen, or angry look.
2. A dark and ominous look: the lower of thunderheads.

[Middle English louren.]

lower·ing·ly adv.
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Noun1.loweringlowering - the act of causing to become less
reduction, step-down, diminution, decrease - the act of decreasing or reducing something
tapering - the act of gradually lowering the size or amount; "the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose"
2.lowering - the act of causing something to move to a lower level
movement - the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"
Adj.1.lowering - darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
cloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"

lowering see see, louring
Translations
Spanish lowering [ˈlauərɪŋ] adj [sky] → amenazador(a)

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They all went out on the turret roof, where he explained to his guests the mechanism for raising and lowering the kite, taking also the opportunity of testing the movements of the multitudes of birds, how they answered almost instantaneously to the lowering or raising of the kite.
Heavy, wooden shutters there were to close the window apertures against hostile arrows, and these Mugambi was engaged in lowering when Lady Greystoke appeared upon the veranda.
And if you think you're lowering yourself, well, here's the floor, there's the door.
 
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