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1 abbassare
prezzo lowerradio turn downabbassare la voce lower one's voice* * *abbassare v.tr.1 ( portare più in basso, chinare) to lower: abbassare le vele, to lower the sails; abbassare gli occhi, il capo, to lower one's eyes, head; abbassare il livello di vita, to lower the standard of living; abbassare la voce, to lower (o to drop) one's voice; abbassare la guardia, to lower (o to drop) one's guard // abbassare un primato, to beat a record // (mat.): abbassare una perpendicolare, to drop a perpendicular; abbassare un numero, ( nelle divisioni) to bring down a number // abbassare le armi, (fig.) to lay down one's arms // abbassare la cresta, (fig.) to eat humble pie2 ( ridurre) ( i prezzi) to reduce, to knock down, to knock off; (gas ecc.) to turn down: abbassa la televisione per piacere, turn down the television, please; abbassare la luce, to dim the light3 ( far scendere) to let* down, to lower: abbassare una saracinesca, to let a shutter down; abbassare un finestrino, to let a window down◘ abbassarsi v.rifl. o intr.pron.1 ( chinarsi) to stoop (down); to bend* (down): sono troppo rigido per abbassarmi, I'm too stiff to bend (down)2 (fig.) to lower oneself, to humble oneself4 ( calare, ridursi): ( di acque) to subside; ( di vento) to drop; ( di temperatura) to drop, to fall*; ( di luce) to dim; ( di sipario) to drop.* * *[abbas'sare]1. vt1) to lower, (leva) to press down, (finestrino della macchina) to wind down, (finestrino del treno, tapparella) to pull downabbassare la guardia Sport, fig — to drop one's guard
2) (volume, radio, TV) to turn down, (voce) to lower3) (diminuire: prezzi) to reduce, bring down5) (Geom : perpendicolare) to drop2. vr (abbassarsi)abbassarsi a fare qc — to lower o.s. to do sth
3. vip (abbassarsi)1) (temperatura, prezzi) to drop, fall, (marea) to go out, fall, (livello) to go down, (sipario) to fall2) (peggiorare: vista) to deteriorate* * *[abbas'sare] 1.verbo transitivo1) (ridurre) (d'intensità) to lower [ volume]; to lower, to dim [ luce]; to dip BE, to dim AE [ fari]; to turn down [riscaldamento, radio]; (d'altezza) to lower [muro, siepe]; (di valore) to reduce, to bring* down [ prezzi]; to lower [ livello] (di by)abbassare la voce — to drop o lower one's voice
2) (portare a livello più basso) to lower [ soffitto]abbassare il voto a qcn., di qcs. — scol. to mark sb., sth. down
3) (tirare giù) to pull down, to lower [avvolgibile, saracinesca]; to pull down [visiera, pantaloni]; to wind* down [ finestrino]4) (spingere giù) to press down [ leva]2.abbassare il capo — (per precauzione) to lower one's head; (in segno di rispetto) to bow one's head
verbo pronominale abbassarsi1) (diminuire) [temperatura, pressione] to lower, to drop, to go* down; [ luce] to dim, to lower; [ prezzi] to decrease; [vista, udito] to weaken; [ voce] to fail2) (diventare più basso) [ terreno] to subside, to sink*; [ marea] to go* down; [ torta] to sink*, to fall*3) (chinarsi) [ persona] to bend* down4) (umiliarsi) to lower oneself-rsi a fare qcs. — to sink o stoop so low as to do sth
* * *abbassare/abbas'sare/ [1]1 (ridurre) (d'intensità) to lower [ volume]; to lower, to dim [ luce]; to dip BE, to dim AE [ fari]; to turn down [ riscaldamento, radio]; (d'altezza) to lower [ muro, siepe]; (di valore) to reduce, to bring* down [ prezzi]; to lower [ livello] ( di by); abbassare la voce to drop o lower one's voice; abbassa la voce! keep your voice down!2 (portare a livello più basso) to lower [ soffitto]; abbassare il voto a qcn., di qcs. scol. to mark sb., sth. down3 (tirare giù) to pull down, to lower [ avvolgibile, saracinesca]; to pull down [ visiera, pantaloni]; to wind* down [ finestrino]4 (spingere giù) to press down [ leva]6 (chinare) to lower, to drop [ occhi]; abbassare lo sguardo to look down; abbassare il capo (per precauzione) to lower one's head; (in segno di rispetto) to bow one's headII abbassarsi verbo pronominale1 (diminuire) [ temperatura, pressione] to lower, to drop, to go* down; [ luce] to dim, to lower; [ prezzi] to decrease; [ vista, udito] to weaken; [ voce] to fail2 (diventare più basso) [ terreno] to subside, to sink*; [ marea] to go* down; [ torta] to sink*, to fall*3 (chinarsi) [ persona] to bend* down -
2 annichilire
annichilire v.tr.1 to annihilate, to destroy2 (fig.) to crush, to humiliate.* * *[anniki'lire]verbo transitivo (distruggere) to destroy, to annihilate* * *annichilire/anniki'lire/ [102](distruggere) to destroy, to annihilate; la notizia mi ha annichilito I was overcome when I heard the news. -
3 annientare
annientare v.tr.1 to annihilate, to destroy2 (fig.) ( abbattere) to destroy, to prostrate: la sua morte l'ha annientato, her death destroyed him.◘ annientarsi v.rifl.1 to come* to nothing2 (fig.) to humiliate oneself, to abase oneself.* * *[annjen'tare]verbo transitivo1) (distruggere) to destroy, to devastate [città, paese]; to destroy, to annihilate [popolazione, specie, esercito, partito, avversario]; to destroy, to knock out [ squadra]2) fig. to destroy, to shatter [sogni, speranze]* * *annientare/annjen'tare/ [1]1 (distruggere) to destroy, to devastate [città, paese]; to destroy, to annihilate [popolazione, specie, esercito, partito, avversario]; to destroy, to knock out [ squadra]2 fig. to destroy, to shatter [sogni, speranze].
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Abase — A*base ([.a]*b[=a]s ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abased} ([.a]*b[=a]st ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Abasing}.] [F. abaisser, LL. abassare, abbassare; ad + bassare, fr. bassus low. See {Base}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abase — abase, demean, debase, degrade, humble, humiliate are synonymous when they denote to lower in one’s own estimation or in that of others. Abase suggests loss of dignity or prestige without necessarily implying permanency in that loss. When used… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Abase — is an early 1970s text based computer game for BASIC designed by People s Computer Company similar to the game Number . In the game Abase , one chooses a base from 2 to 10 and guesses a number the computer has chosen in that base. The game… … Wikipedia
abase — abase; abase·ment; … English syllables
abase — ► VERB (abase oneself) ▪ behave in a way that lessens others respect for one. DERIVATIVES abasement noun. ORIGIN Old French abaissier to lower … English terms dictionary
abase — I verb abuse, adulterate, belittle, bring down, brutalize, calumniate, debase, decivilize, defame, deform, degrade, demean, demote, derogate, diminish, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, downgrade, humble, humiliate, lower, pervert, reduce, set down … Law dictionary
abase — (v.) late 14c., abaishen, from O.Fr. abaissier diminish, make lower in value or status (12c.), from V.L. *ad bassiare bring lower, from L.L. bassus thick, fat, low; from the same source as BASE (Cf. base) (adj.) and altered 16c. in English by… … Etymology dictionary
abase — [v] deprive of self esteem, confidence belittle, debase, degrade, demean, diminish, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, mortify, reduce, shame; concepts 7,19 Ant. cherish, dignify, exalt, extol, honor, respect … New thesaurus
abase — [ə bās′] vt. abased, abasing [ME abessen < OFr abaissier < ML abassare, to lower, bring down < L ad (see A 2) + VL bassus, low] 1. to humble or humiliate [he abased himself before the king] 2. Archaic to lower; cast down SYN. DEGRADE … English World dictionary
abase — UK [əˈbeɪs] / US verb Word forms abase : present tense I/you/we/they abase he/she/it abases present participle abasing past tense abased past participle abased formal abase yourself Derived word: abasement noun uncountable … English dictionary
abase — verb /əˈbeɪs/ a) To lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye. Saying so, he abased his lance. b) To cast down or to lower, as in rank, office, condition in life or estimation of wort … Wiktionary
