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abaixar — meaning in English

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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.
  • descend verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
  • duck noun A web-footed water bird, often kept domestically or hunted.
  • lower verb To move something down, or reduce its height, amount, or intensity.

Senses

abaixar is used for these senses in English:

  • abase (transitive) 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. [from c. 1350–1470]
  • descend (transitive, archaic) To move (someone or something) from a higher to a lower place or position; to bring or send (someone or something) down.
  • duck (transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
  • lower (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
  • lower (transitive) To depress as to direction
  • lower (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
  • turn down (idiomatic) To reduce the power, etc. of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.

abase — full definition

  1. 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.
  2. verb To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
  3. verb To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

descend — full definition

  1. verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
  2. verb To be traced back to, or come from, an earlier generation or source.
  3. verb To become worse or fall into a lower, more negative state.

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