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verb/ˈlaʊə(r)/
/ˈlaʊər/
(also lour)
[intransitive] (literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they lower | /ˈlaʊə(r)/ /ˈlaʊər/ |
| he / she / it lowers | /ˈlaʊəz/ /ˈlaʊərz/ |
| past simple lowered | /ˈlaʊəd/ /ˈlaʊərd/ |
| past participle lowered | /ˈlaʊəd/ /ˈlaʊərd/ |
| -ing form lowering | /ˈlaʊərɪŋ/ /ˈlaʊərɪŋ/ |
- (of the sky or clouds) to be dark and show that bad weather is likely
- Huge clouds lowered over the bay.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLower is used with these nouns as the subject:- eye
- age
- anchor
- arm
- …
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