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
- 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.
descend — full definition
- verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
- verb To be traced back to, or come from, an earlier generation or source.
- verb To become worse or fall into a lower, more negative state.