下げる — meaning in English
sageru
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English meaning
- abase verb To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
- lower verb To move something down, or reduce its height, amount, or intensity.
- reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
- suspend verb To stop something temporarily, meaning to start it again later.
Senses
下げる is used for these senses in English:
- abase (transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop. [from c. 1350–1470]
- let down (transitive) To allow to descend.
- lower (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
- reduce (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- suspend To hang freely; underhang.
abase — full definition
- verb To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
- verb To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
- verb To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
lower — full definition
- verb To move something down, or reduce its height, amount, or intensity.
- verb To bring down in dignity or status; to demean.