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baisser [bese]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. to lower• elle entra, les yeux baissés she came in with downcast eyesb. [+ chauffage, éclairage, radio, son] to turn down ; [+ voix] to lowerc. [+ prix] to lower• faire baisser la tension/le chômage to reduce tension/unemployment2. intransitive verba. [température, prix, baromètre, Bourse] to fall ; [pression] to drop ; [marée] to go out ; [eaux] to subside ; [réserves, provisions] to run low ; [popularité] to decline ; [soleil] to go downb. [vue, mémoire, forces, santé] to fail ; [talent] to wane3. reflexive verb* * *bese
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1) ( abaisser) to lower [volet, store]; to wind [something] down [vitre]; to pull down [pantalon, visière]; to turn down [col]baisser la tête — ( par précaution) to lower one's head; ( vivement) to duck one's head; (par soumission, de honte) to bow
baisser les bras — lit to lower one's arms; fig to give up
baisser le nez — fig to hang one's head
2) ( réduire) to turn down [son, volume]; to dim [lumière]; [autorité] to cut [prix, taux]; [circonstances] to bring down [prix, taux]
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verbe intransitif1) ( diminuer de niveau) gén to go down (à to; de by); ( brusquement) to fall, to drop; [lumière] to fade; [eaux] to subside; [qualité, criminalité] to declinebaisser d'un ton — (colloq) [personne] fig to calm down
2) ( diminuer de valeur) [prix, résultat, taux, production] to fall; [salaires, actions] to go down; [pouvoir d'achat, chômage, emplois] to decrease; [productivité, marché] to decline; [budget] to be cut; [monnaie] to slide3) ( diminuer de qualité) [vue] to fail; [ouïe, facultés] to deteriorate
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se baisser verbe pronominal [personne] (pour passer, saisir) to bend down; ( pour éviter) to duck; [levier] to go down* * *bese1. vt1) [vitre, manette, yeux] to lower2) [radio, chauffage] to turn downIl fait moins froid, tu peux baisser le chauffage. — It's not so cold, you can turn down the heating.
3) AUTOMOBILES, [phares] to dip Grande-Bretagne lower USA2. vi[température, niveau, taux] to fall, to dropLe prix des CD a baissé. — The price of CDs has fallen.
faire baisser [température, niveau, taux] — to bring down
* * *baisser verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( abaisser) [personne] to lower [volet, store]; to wind [sth] down [vitre]; to pull down [pantalon, culotte, visière]; to turn down [col]; les stores étaient baissés the blinds were down; baisser la tête ( par précaution) to lower one's head; ( vivement) to duck one's head; (par soumission, de honte) to bow; baisser les yeux (de honte) to look down (in shame); baisser les bras lit to lower one's arms; fig to give up; baisser le nez fig to hang one's head; je vais leur faire baisser le nez, à ces prétentieux! I'm going to bring them down a peg or two, those pretentious twits!;2 ( réduire) to turn down [son, volume]; to dim [lumière]; [autorité] to cut [prix, taux]; [circonstances] to bring down [prix, taux].B vi1 ( diminuer de niveau) [température, pression, tension] to fall, to drop, to go down (à to; de by); [fièvre, volume sonore] to go down; [lumière] to fade, to grow dim; [eaux] to subside; [qualité] to decline; [criminalité, délinquance] to decline, to be on the decline; [moral] to fall; [optimisme] to fade; le Rhône continue de baisser water levels in the Rhône are still dropping; le niveau des étudiants n'a pas baissé the standard of the students' work has not deteriorated; baisser dans l'estime de qn to go down in sb's esteem; baisser dans les sondages [candidat] to go down in the polls; le baromètre baisse the barometer is falling; le jour baisse the light is fading; baisser d'un ton○ [personne] fig to calm down;2 ( diminuer de valeur) [prix, résultat, taux, production, recettes] to fall; [salaires] to go down; [pouvoir d'achat] to decrease; [chômage, emplois] to fall, to decrease; [productivité] to decline; [actions, chiffre d'affaires] to go ou come down, to decrease; [budget] to be cut; [marché] to decline; [monnaie] to slide; les loyers vont baisser rents are going to go down; les prix/taux d'intérêt/salaires ont baissé de 2% prices/interest rates/salaries have come down by 2%; leur PNB a baissé de moitié their GNP has dropped by half; la productivité va baisser de 10% productivity will fall ou drop by 10%; la nouvelle de la guerre a fait baisser la Bourse news of the war caused prices on the Stock Exchange to fall ou drop;3 ( diminuer de qualité) [vue] to fail; [intelligence, ouïe, facultés] to deteriorate; ma vue baisse my sight is failing.C se baisser vpr [personne] (pour passer, saisir) to bend down; ( pour éviter) to duck; [levier, mécanisme] to go down; [rideau] Théât to drop; baisse-toi pour passer sous les barbelés bend down to get under the barbed wire; baissez-vous, ils tirent! duck, they're shooting at us![bese] verbe transitif[tableau] to lowerb. [boutique] the iron curtain's down2. [main, bras] to lowerbaisser les yeux ou paupières to lower one's eyes, to look down, to cast one's eyes downa. [de tristesse] to walk with downcast eyesb. [en cherchant] to walk with one's eyes to the groundbaisser son chapeau sur ses yeux to pull ou to tip one's hat over one's eyesattention, baisse la tête! look out, duck!a. [posture] with one's head down ou bentb. [de tristesse] head bowed (with sorrow)baisser un prix to bring down ou to lower ou to reduce a price————————[bese] verbe intransitif[espoir, lumière] to fade[marée] to go out[santé, faculté] to declinenos réserves de sucre ont baissé our sugar reserves have run low, we're low on sugarces mesures visent à faire baisser les prix du mètre carré these measures are intended to bring down the price per square metresa vue baisse his eyesight's fading ou getting weaker ou failing[réduire le prix]————————se baisser verbe pronominal intransitif1. [personne] to bend downil n'y a qu'à se baisser pour les prendre ou les ramasser they're two a penny (UK) ou a dime a dozen (US)2. [store, vitre] to go down
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