different between lower vs dunk

English

Etymology 1

low +? -er (comparative suffix)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?lo??/
• Rhymes: -???(r)
• Rhymes: -a?.?(?)

Adjective

lower

1. comparative form of low: more low
2. bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object
3. Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.

4. (geology, of strata or geological time periods) older

Antonyms

• (more low): higher
• (bottom): upper
• (older): upper

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

lower

1. comparative form of low: more low

Verb

lower (third-person singular simple present lowers, present participle lowering, simple past and past participle lowered)

1. (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down

   lower a bucket into a well

   to lower a sail of a boat

2. (transitive) to pull down

   to lower a flag

   • 1833 (first publication), Alfred Tennyson, A Dream of Fair Women

     Lower'd softly with a threefold cord of love
     Down to a silent grave.

3. (transitive) To reduce the height of

   lower a fence or wall

   lower a chimney or turret

4. (transitive) To depress as to direction

   lower the aim of a gun

5. (transitive) To make less elevated

   to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes

6. (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of

   lower the temperature

   lower one's vitality

   lower distilled liquors

7. (transitive) To bring down; to humble

   lower one's pride

8. (reflexive) (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.

   I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.

9. (transitive) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.

   lower the price of goods

   lower the interest rate

10. (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease

    The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.

11. (intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc.

Synonyms

• (let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail): bring down
• (reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney): shorten
• (depress as to direction, as a gun):
• (make less elevated as to object, as ambitions or hopes): reduce
• (reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature): reduce, turn down
• (transitive: to humble):
• (reflexive: to humble oneself): be humble
• (reduce (something) in value, amount, etc): cut, reduce
• (intransitive: grow less): die off, drop, fall, fall off, shrink
• (intransitive: decrease in value): become/get smaller, become/get lower, lessen, reduce

Derived terms

• lower the boom
• lower the tone

Translations

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?la??/, /?la?.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?la??/, /?la?.?/

Verb

lower (third-person singular simple present lowers, present participle lowering, simple past and past participle lowered)

1. Alternative spelling of lour

Related terms

• loweringly

Anagrams

• owler, rowel

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse lágr, from Proto-Germanic *l?gaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lé???], [l?????]

Adjective

lower m

1. low

English

Etymology

From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunk?n (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunk?n (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunk?n?, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”).

Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin ting? (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek ????? (téng?, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Verb

dunk (third-person singular simple present dunks, present participle dunking, simple past and past participle dunked)

1. To submerge briefly in a liquid.

2. To set down carelessly.

3. (transitive, intransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.

4. (intransitive, Internet slang) To put down on social media [+ on (object)].

Translations

Noun

dunk (plural dunks)

1. The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.

Translations

Related terms

• dunk tank
• reverse dunk
• slam dunk
• thunderdunk

See also

• alley oop
• jam
• slam

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??k/
• Hyphenation: dunk
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

Deverbal of dunken.

Noun

dunk m (uncountable, diminutive dunkje n)

1. opinion

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dunk

Noun

dunk m (plural dunks, diminutive dunkje n)

1. (basketball) dunk

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

dunk

1. first-person singular present indicative of dunken
2. imperative of dunken

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??k/

Etymology 1

Noun

dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)
dunk n (definite singular dunket, indefinite plural dunk, definite plural dunka)

1. a knock (impact), or the sound of such a knock

Etymology 2

Noun

dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)

1. a keg

Synonyms

• kagge

References

• “dunk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German tunneke, a diminutive of tunne (“barrel”).

Noun

dunk

1. jerry can

Anagrams

• kund