To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.
To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).
To speak or write at length upon or on (some subject); expand; elaborate
To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
To make (something) larger.
To grow larger.
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
To decrease in value, amount, etc.
To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
To bring down; to humble
(lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
To reduce the height of
To depress as to direction
to pull down
To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
To make less elevated
bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object
Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
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