(a.) 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.
(a.) To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
(a.) 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.
(a.) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
(a.) To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
(a.) To reduce in value, amount, etc. ; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.
(v. i.) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To frown; to look sullen.
(n.) Cloudiness; gloominess.
(n.) A frowning; sullenness.
Example Sentences:
(1) These factors might account for the lower systemic bioavailability of these compounds.
(2) Patients with papillary carcinoma with a good cell-mediated immune response occurred with much lower infiltration of the tumor boundary with lymphocyte whereas the follicular carcinoma less cell-mediated immunity was associated with dense lymphocytic infiltration, suggesting the biological relevance of lymphocytic infiltration may be different for the two histologic variants.
(3) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
(4) Propranolol resulted in a significantly lower mean hourly, mean 24 h and minimum heart rate.
(5) Homozygotes have sparse greasy fur and lower viability and fertility than normal littermates.
(6) LHRH therapy leads to higher plasma LH levels and a lower FSH in response to an intravenous LHRH test.
(7) On the other hand, the LAP level, identical in preterms and SDB, is lower than in full-term infants but higher than in adults.
(8) It is suggested that the Japanese may have lower trabecular bone mineral density than Caucasians but may also have a lower threshold for fracture of the vertebrae.
(9) Spontaneous locomotor activity was lower in naloxone-infused rats on day 3 only.
(10) After 55 days of unrestricted food availability the body weight of the neonatally deprived rats was approximately 15% lower than that of the controls.
(11) There is no evidence that health-maintenance organizations reduce admissions in discretionary or "unnecessary" categories; instead, the data suggest lower admission rates across the board.
(12) The rate of accumulation of degraded LDL products was lower in collagen gel cultures, but the final levels achieved were the same in the two substrata.
(13) [Ca2+]i exhibited a sigmoidal dependence on [Na+]o. Mg2+, a competitive inhibitor of Na2+-Ca2+ antiport in these cells, antagonized the increase in [Ca2+]i produced by lowering [Na+]o.
(14) Side effect incidence in patients treated with the paracetamol-sobrerol combination (3.7%) was significantly lower than that observed in subjects treated with paracetamol (6.1% - P less than 0.01), salicylics (25.1% - P less than 0.001), pyrazolics (12.6% - P less than 0.001), propionics (20.3%, P less than 0.001) or other antipyretics (17.9% - P less than 0.001).
(15) These findings suggest that clonidine transdermal disks lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients, but produce local skin lesions and general side effects.
(16) Diltiazem monotherapy effectively lowered blood pressure in 60% of patients at 8 weeks.
(17) Thus, our study confirmed that male subjects with a history of testicular maldescent have an increased risk for testis cancer, although the magnitude of this risk was lower than suggested previously.
(18) Anesthetized sheep (n = 6) previously prepared with a lung lymph fistula underwent 2 hr of tourniquet ischemia of both lower limbs.
(19) Nicardipine lowered systolic and diastolic blood pressure to normal, plasma aldosterone was reduced and serum potassium levels were increased.
(20) The overall recoveries of activated ER following chromatography on DEAE-cellulose were significantly lower than the recoveries of the nonactivated ER, 71 and 85%, respectively.
Lowery
Definition:
(a.) Cloudy; gloomy; lowering; as, a lowery sky; lowery weather.
Example Sentences:
(1) Albeit an unloveable, slightly scary Ron Burgundy in a 'I may now be a low level Tesco manager in a cheap suit but I still remember how to handle a stanley knife' kind of way," reckons Robert Lowery, who is forgetting that Jim White has a phone.
(2) From Lowery’s subsequent account, it appears that Jackson intervened and ordered their release.
(3) One week later, assistant director Ed Lowery suggested leaking embarrassing information about Chaffetz in retaliation for aggressive investigations by the House oversight and government reform committee into a series of agency missteps and scandals, the report said.
(4) With no charges, no police report August 14, 2014 Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) It's as if the arrest and the assaults never took place.
(5) Lowery added: "he focus at BAE and EADS has got to be what's going on in France, Germany, Spain and the UK, as well, of course, as with their shareholders and employees.
(6) And because of men and women like John Lewis, Joseph Lowery, Hosea Williams, Amelia Boynton, Diane Nash, Ralph Abernathy, CT Vivian, Andrew Young, Fred Shuttlesworth, Dr King, and so many more, the idea of a just America, a fair America, an inclusive America, a generous America – that idea ultimately triumphed.
(7) Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) "The chief thought he was doing you a favor" - police officer tells me about release.
(8) And it could be a longer negotiation than 75 days," said Lowery.
(9) Last week Ryan J Reilly of the Huffington Post and Wesley Lowery of the Washington Post were detained for several hours .
(10) The following terms are discussed: posterior caval channel, sinus venarum, torus Loweri, atrial septa, and foramen ovale, respectively.
(11) Brie Rogers Lowery, campaigns director for Change.org in the UK, said that in a era where people were increasingly rejecting top-down decision-making, sites such as Change.org put power back in their hands.
(12) Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) Officers decided we weren't leaving McDonalds quickly enough, shouldn't have been taping them.
(13) Clay Lowery, a former US treasury official who oversaw the CFIUS process under George W Bush, said he expected the deal to go through, but scrutiny is likely to last longer than 75 days – the minimum 30-day inquiry plus a 45-day extension.
(14) A number of other artists have also been in the news, publicly complaining about streaming music services ( Black Keys , Aimee Mann and David Lowery of Camper van Beethoven and Cracker).
(15) The Washington Post condemned the detention of its journalist, Wesley Lowery, as “illegal” and an “assault on the freedom of the press to cover the news”.
(16) These results were surprising because Klebsiella pneumoniae Fe-protein substituted by His-100 had been reported to be inactive (Lowery, R. G., Chang, C. L., Davis, L. C., McKenna, M.-C., Stevens, P. J., and Ludden, P. W. (1989) Biochemistry 28, 1206-1212).
(17) Lowery was illegally instructed to stop taking video and followed police instructions, Baron said, after which he was slammed into a machine and handcuffed.
(18) They mocked him August 14, 2014 Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) Got no explaination at any point why in custody other than "trespassing" - at a mcdonalds where we were customers August 14, 2014 Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) I'm emotional, but need to note: Ryan and I are fine.
(19) August 14, 2014 Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) Officers slammed me into a fountain soda machine because I was confused about which door they were asking me to walk out of August 14, 2014 Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) Was waiting to be taken away, large black man SCREAMING for help in back of police truck August 14, 2014 Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) They refused his several calls for paramedics August 14, 2014 Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) "I'm dying.
(20) Lowery and Reilly both tweeted about being asked to leave the restaurant moments before they were seen being arrested.