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LOWERED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Below the surround or below the normal position
Example:
with lowered eyes
Classified under:
Similar:
down (shut)
Antonym:
raised (located or moved above the surround or above the normal position)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle / past simple / past participle of the verb lower
Context examples:
The undertaker, true to his craft, had made the best display he could of his goods, and there was a mortuary air about the place that lowered our spirits at once.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
How often had it lowered on me menace and hate! and how the recollection of childhood's terrors and sorrows revived as I traced its harsh line now!
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
In an animal model, Azalanstat lowered serum cholesterol in a dose-depended manner.
(Azalanstat, NCI Thesaurus)
Overexpression of the gene lowered HDL-C levels but reduced atherosclerosis.
(When HDL cholesterol doesn’t protect against heart disease, NIH)
But then, with a more thoughtful air and lowered voice, there is no saying what it may lead to.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The sagging valley floor lowered part of the rim of the Rembrandt basin as well.
(‘Great Valley’ Found on Mercury, NASA)
The primary mission includes five "deep-dip" campaigns, in which MAVEN's periapsis, or lowest orbit altitude, will be lowered from 93 miles (150 kilometers) to about 77 miles (125 kilometers).
(Mars Mission Spacecraft Enters Orbit around Red Planet, NASA)
This is because without long, deep periods of rest, certain chemicals are activated that keep the body from achieving extended periods in which heart rate and blood pressure are lowered.
(Deep Sleep May Play Role in Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In an animal model, khelloside lowered low density lipoprotein cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and total cholesterol; very low density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides were not changed.
(Khelloside, NCI Thesaurus)
Breastfeeding beyond 5 months lowered the risk by more than one half.
(Breastfeeding may help prevent type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes, NIH)
