Lour (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- Can you please turn down the TV, it's louring over our conversation.
- Please lour your voice so we can hear the baby sleeping.
- Can you lour the music in the living room for a moment.
- I'm trying to focus, could you lour the radio down a bit.
- The sound engineer worked to lour the background noise in the audio file.
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Meaning 2
Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval.
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- She loured at him with a displeased expression after he made the comment about her art.
- His face fell and he loured, unhappy with the test results.
- The judge loured at the defendant, her disapproval clear.
- He began to lour when he heard he wouldn't be getting the promotion.
- Her mother would lour whenever she stayed out past her curfew.
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Meaning 3
Set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- They've chosen to lour the fees for the concert in an effort to attract more fans.
- The analysts have decided to lour their forecast of the company's quarterly earnings.
- Critics were quick to lour their expectations of the movie adaptation after the underwhelming trailer.
- The revised report will likely lour the projected growth rate due to market instability.
- Lowering their targets, economists will soon lour the forecast for the upcoming financial year.