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set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations" cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir" move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf" the bottom one of two; "he chose the lower number" bottom(a) the lower of two berths make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio" (usually preceded by `no'') lower in esteem; "no less a person than the king himself" inferior of the underworld; "nether regions" infernal inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" junior look angry or sullen, wrinkle one''s forehead, as if to signal disapproval |
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