Betekenis van lower In het Nederlands

• 0 to move something into a low position:

  • They lowered the coffin into the grave.

  • Heavily pregnant by now, she lowered herself carefully into the chair.

  • He lowered his eyes (= looked down) in embarrassment when he saw me.

• 1 to reduce something:

  • Interest rates have been lowered again.

  • Boil for five minutes, then lower the heat and simmer for half an hour.

  • Please lower your voice (= speak more quietly).

  • a lowering of standards

  • humorous Dale lowered the tone of the evening (= made it less socially acceptable) by telling a dirty joke.

• 2 to behave in a way that makes people lose respect for you:

  • [ + to infinitive ] I wouldn't lower myself to respond to his insults if I were you.

• 3 positioned below one or more similar things, or of the bottom part of something:

  • the lower deck of a ship

  • Her lower lip trembled as if she were about to cry.

  • I've got a pain in my lower (= the bottom part of my) back.

• 4 to reduce something, or to become less:

  • [ T ] They lowered the asking price of their house.

  • [ T ] Please lower your voice (= speak more softly).

• 5 to let or bring someone or something down, or make something less high:

  • She lowered the blinds to block out the afternoon sun.

• 6 to reduce the level, price, etc. of something:

  • lower costs/rates/prices There was growing pressure on banks to lower interest rates and ease the availability of credit.

  • Landmark legislation requires California to lower greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020.

  • He accused universities of lowering standards in order to raise income.