lowered
LOH-urd/ˈloʊɚd/UKLOH-uhd/ˈləʊəd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of lower.
She lowered her voice so the baby would stay asleep.
The drawbridge was lowered to let the carts cross.
Note
One spelling does two jobs here, because lower is a regular verb: the simple past (she lowered the flag) and the participle of perfect and passive forms (it has been lowered, it was lowered). Every use of the verb takes an object, so the passive comes easily. The same form covers letting something down by its own weight, aiming it downward, and reducing intensity: a lowered voice, a lowered gaze.
lowered is a form of lower
lower, verb: To reduce the height of something. Full entry
- Spelling
- lower → lowered: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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