| slovo | definícia |
lower
(mass) | lower
- nižší, presunúť nižšie, znížiť |
lower
(encz) | lower,dolejší Zdeněk Brož |
lower
(encz) | lower,dolní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
lower
(encz) | lower,níž adv: |
lower
(encz) | lower,níže adv: |
lower
(encz) | lower,nižší |
lower
(encz) | lower,snížit Pavel Machek; Giza |
lower
(encz) | lower,snižovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
lower
(encz) | lower,spodní Zdeněk Brož |
lower
(encz) | lower,spouštět |
lower
(encz) | lower,spustit |
lower
(encz) | lower,stáhnout |
Lower
(gcide) | Low \Low\ (l[=o]), a. [Compar. Lower (l[=o]"[~e]r); superl.
Lowest.] [OE. low, louh, lah, Icel. l[=a]gr; akin to Sw.
l[*a]g, Dan. lav, D. laag, and E. lie. See Lie to be
prostrate.]
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1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or
elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as,
low ground; a low flight.
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2. Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature;
a low fence.
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3. Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in
winter, and six in summer.
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4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
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5. Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the
ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of
corn; low wages.
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6. Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
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7. (Mus.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low
pitch; a low note.
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8. (Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of
the tongue in relation to the palate; as, [a^] ([a^]m),
[add] ([add]ll). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]
5, 10, 11.
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9. Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the
low northern latitudes.
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10. Numerically small; as, a low number.
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11. Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as,
low spirits; low in spirits.
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12. Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low
condition; the lower classes.
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Why but to keep ye low and ignorant ? --Milton.
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13. Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low
mind; a low trick or stratagem.
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14. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted in thought or
diction; as, a low comparison.
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In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest
wits of the heathen world are low and dull.
--Felton.
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15. Submissive; humble. "Low reverence." --Milton.
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16. Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse;
made low by sickness.
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17. Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a
low temperature; a low fever.
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18. Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low
estimate.
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19. Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple;
as, a low diet.
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Note: Low is often used in the formation of compounds which
require no special explanation; as, low-arched,
low-browed, low-crowned, low-heeled, low-lying,
low-priced, low-roofed, low-toned, low-voiced, and the
like.
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Low Church. See High Church, under High.
Low Countries, the Netherlands.
Low German, Low Latin, etc. See under German, Latin,
etc.
Low life, humble life.
Low milling, a process of making flour from grain by a
single grinding and by siftings.
Low relief. See Bas-relief.
Low side window (Arch.), a peculiar form of window common
in medi[ae]val churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of
this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line
of the windows, and in many different situations in the
building.
Low spirits, despondency.
Low steam, steam having a low pressure.
Low steel, steel which contains only a small proportion of
carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling.
Low Sunday, the Sunday next after Easter; -- popularly so
called.
Low tide, the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its
lowest point; low water.
Low water.
(a) The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the
in a river, lake, etc.
(b) (Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient
quantity of water in the boiler.
Low water alarm or Low water indicator (Steam Boiler), a
contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for
giving warning when the water is low.
Low water mark, that part of the shore to which the waters
recede when the tide is the lowest. --Bouvier.
Low wine, a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol,
produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run
of the still; -- often in the plural.
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Lower
(gcide) | Lower \Low"er\, v. i.
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as,
the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
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Lower
(gcide) | Lower \Low"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lowered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lowering.] [OE. lowren, luren; cf. D. loeren, LG. luren. G.
lauern to lurk, to be on the watch, and E. leer, lurk.]
1. 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.
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All the clouds that lowered upon our house. --Shak.
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2. To frown; to look sullen.
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But sullen discontent sat lowering on her face.
--Dryden.
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Lower
(gcide) | Lower \Low"er\, a.
Compar. of Low, a.
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Lower
(gcide) | Lower \Low"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lowered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lowering.] [From Low, a.]
1. 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.
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Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love
Down to a silent grave. --Tennyson.
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2. To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to
lower a chimney or turret.
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3. 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.
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4. To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as,
to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's
vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
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5. To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
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6. To reduce in value, amount, etc.; as, to lower the price
of goods, the rate of interest, etc.
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Lower
(gcide) | Lower \Low"er\, n. [Obs.]
1. Cloudiness; gloominess.
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2. A frowning; sullenness.
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1. relating to small or noncapital letters which were kept in
the lower half of a compositor's type case. Also See
minuscule, minuscular.
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lower
(wn) | lower
n 1: the lower of two berths [syn: lower berth, lower]
v 1: move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down
the vase from the shelf" [syn: lower, take down, {let
down}, get down, bring down] [ant: bring up,
elevate, get up, lift, raise]
2: set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations" [syn:
lower, lour]
3: make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"
[syn: turn down, lower, lour]
4: cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the
water level in the reservoir" [syn: lower, depress]
5: look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal
disapproval [syn: frown, glower, lour, lower] |
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cauliflower
(mass) | cauliflower
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flower
(mass) | flower
- kvet |
lower
(mass) | lower
- nižší, presunúť nižšie, znížiť |
lower down
(mass) | lower down
- nižšie |
lowercase
(mass) | lowercase
- malými písmenami |
lowermost
(mass) | lowermost
- najnižší |
sunflower
(mass) | sunflower
- slnečnica |
blower
(encz) | blower,dmychadlo Zdeněk Brožblower,fukar n: Zdeněk Brožblower,chvastoun n: [slang.] Jiří Dadákblower,kytovec n: Zdeněk Brožblower,telefon n: [slang.] [brit.] Jiří Dadák |
bunch of flowers
(encz) | bunch of flowers,kytice |
camp follower
(encz) | camp follower,souputník n: Zdeněk Brož |
cardinal flower
(encz) | cardinal flower,lobelka n: Zdeněk Brož |
carrion flower
(encz) | carrion flower, n: |
cauliflower
(encz) | cauliflower,květák |
cauliflower ear
(encz) | cauliflower ear,zdeformované ucho Zdeněk Brož |
cheeseflower
(encz) | cheeseflower, n: |
chigger flower
(encz) | chigger flower, n: |
chiggerflower
(encz) | chiggerflower, n: |
chimney bellflower
(encz) | chimney bellflower, n: |
clustered bellflower
(encz) | clustered bellflower, n: |
common sunflower
(encz) | common sunflower, n: |
compass flower
(encz) | compass flower, n: |
coneflower
(encz) | coneflower, n: |
corkscrew flower
(encz) | corkscrew flower, n: |
cornflower
(encz) | cornflower,chrpa Jaroslav Šedivý |
cornflower aster
(encz) | cornflower aster, n: |
creeping bellflower
(encz) | creeping bellflower, n: |
crepe flower
(encz) | crepe flower, n: |
cuckoo flower
(encz) | cuckoo flower, n: |
cuckooflower
(encz) | cuckooflower, n: |
cupflower
(encz) | cupflower, n: |
cushion flower
(encz) | cushion flower, n: |
cutleaved coneflower
(encz) | cutleaved coneflower, n: |
dayflower
(encz) | dayflower, n: |
deflower
(encz) | deflower,deflorovat v: Zdeněk Broždeflower,odpanit Zdeněk Brož |
desert sunflower
(encz) | desert sunflower, n: |
dwarf flowering almond
(encz) | dwarf flowering almond, n: |
eastern flowering dogwood
(encz) | eastern flowering dogwood, n: |
elderflower
(encz) | elderflower,bezový květ Jaroslav Šedivý |
evening trumpet flower
(encz) | evening trumpet flower, n: |
everlasting flower
(encz) | everlasting flower, n: |
fennel flower
(encz) | fennel flower, n: |
few-flowered leek
(encz) | few-flowered leek, n: |
fiesta flower
(encz) | fiesta flower, n: |
finger-flower
(encz) | finger-flower, n: |
fingerflower
(encz) | fingerflower, n: |
fire-swallower
(encz) | fire-swallower, n: |
five-flowered gentian
(encz) | five-flowered gentian, n: |
flame flower
(encz) | flame flower, n: |
flame-flower
(encz) | flame-flower, n: |
flameflower
(encz) | flameflower, n: |
flamingo flower
(encz) | flamingo flower, n: |
flower
(encz) | flower,kvést Zdeněk Brožflower,květ n: Zdeněk Brožflower,květina n: flower,kytka n: |
flower arrangement
(encz) | flower arrangement, n: |
flower bed
(encz) | flower bed,květinový záhon n: Míšaflower bed,záhon n: Zdeněk Brož |
flower bud
(encz) | flower bud,poupě n: Pino |
flower chain
(encz) | flower chain, n: |
flower child
(encz) | flower child, n: |
flower cluster
(encz) | flower cluster, n: |
flower garden
(encz) | flower garden, n: |
flower gardening
(encz) | flower gardening, n: |
flower girl
(encz) | flower girl,květinářka n: Zdeněk Brožflower girl,prodavačka květin Zdeněk Brož |
flower grower
(encz) | flower grower,pěstitel květin Pavel Cvrček |
flower head
(encz) | flower head, n: |
flower people
(encz) | flower people, n: |
flower petal
(encz) | flower petal, n: |
flower power
(encz) | flower power, n: |
flower stalk
(encz) | flower stalk, n: |
flower store
(encz) | flower store, n: |
flower-cup fern
(encz) | flower-cup fern, n: |
flower-of-an-hour
(encz) | flower-of-an-hour, n: |
flowerbed
(encz) | flowerbed,květinový záhon Zdeněk Brož |
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