LOWERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lowering mean? 

• LOWERING (noun)
  The noun LOWERING has 2 senses:

1. the act of causing to become less

2. the act of causing something to move to a lower level

  Familiarity information: LOWERING used as a noun is rare.

• LOWERING (adjective)
  The adjective LOWERING has 1 sense:

1. darkened by clouds

  Familiarity information: LOWERING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOWERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of causing to become less

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lowering" is a kind of...):

decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down (the act of decreasing or reducing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lowering"):

tapering (the act of gradually lowering the size or amount)

Derivation:

lower (make lower or quieter)

lower (cause to drop or sink)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of causing something to move to a lower level

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

letting down; lowering

Hypernyms ("lowering" is a kind of...):

movement (the act of changing the location of something)

Derivation:

lower (move something or somebody to a lower position)

• LOWERING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Darkened by clouds

Synonyms:

heavy; lowering; sullen; threatening

Context example:

a heavy sky

Similar:

cloudy (full of or covered with clouds)

 Context examples 

Then, lowering her voice a little, she said to Elinor, "She is his natural daughter."

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

However, because this study took into account calcium intake, among other dietary factors, these results suggest that yogurt may be lowering risk though an avenue other than calcium.

(Eating Yogurt May Lower Risk of Colon Cancer in Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

An anhydrous calcium salt form of atorvastin, a synthetic lipid-lowering agent.

(Atorvastatin Calcium Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

Elitek is a type of recombinant enzyme and a type of urate-lowering drug.

(Elitek, NCI Dictionary)

The new study sheds some light on the positive side effect of statin drugs lowering cancer risk.

(Researchers Zero-In on Cholesterol's Role in Cells, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This suggests that, for the majority of cancers, physical activity reduces risk through mechanisms other than lowering body weight.

(Physical activity associated with lower risk of many cancers, NIH)

These relationships held across participant’s age, sex, diabetes status, and use of aspirin or cholesterol-lowering medications.

(Omega-3s linked with lower risk of fatal heart attacks, NIH)

A previous study found that lowering an infant’s body temperature after oxygen deprivation could reduce the risk of death or disability.

(Longer cooling, lower temperature no improvement for infant oxygen deprivation, NIH)

Compared to the reduced-fat diet, the reduced-carb diet was particularly effective at lowering insulin secretion and increasing fat burning, resulting in significant body fat loss.

(Study finds cutting dietary fat reduces body fat more than cutting carbs, NIH)

It suggests that you can lower your heart disease risk by lowering TMAO.

(Study links frequent red meat consumption to high levels of chemical associated with heart disease, National Institutes of Health)