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low adjective

  /ˈloʊ/ , /ˈləʊ/
  • (phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
 bas
  • Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
 bas, petit, faible
  • (especially in, _, biology) Simple in complexity or development.
 bas, petit, abject
  • Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
 bas, faible, petit
  • Quiet; soft; not loud.
 bas, calme
  • Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
 abject, bas, faible, petit
  • Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.
  • Humble, meek, not haughty.
 abject, bas, petit
  • Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
 déprimé
  • (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.
  • Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
 grave, bas

lower verb

  /ˈloʊ.ɚ/ , /ˈləʊ.ə/
  • (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
 abaisser, faire descendre, amener
  • (transitive) to pull down
  • (computing, transitive) To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
 abaisser, baisser
  • (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
 abaisser, baisser, diminuer
  • (transitive) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
 abaisser, baisser, diminuer, réduire
  • (transitive) To depress as to direction
 baisser
  • (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
 baisser, diminuer, réduire
  • (reflexive) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
 s'abaisser

lowering noun

  /ˈloʊ.ɚ.ɪŋ/ , /ˈloʊ.ɹɪŋ/ , /ˈləʊ.ə.ɹɪŋ/
  • The act of something being lowered.
 baisse

lower adjective

  /ˈloʊ.ɚ/ , /ˈləʊ.ə/
  • Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
 inférieur

low adverb

  /ˈloʊ/ , /ˈləʊ/
  • Close to the ground.
  • Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
  • (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.
 bas
lowering cradle
abaisse-bobine
lowering table
abaisse-bobine
orbit lowering
abaissement d’orbite
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