lowering
The act of something being lowered.
Other meanings
A sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes lower.
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "lahghenn".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “lowering” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.