lower vs take down

lower

verb
  • To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc. 

  • 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 make less elevated 

  • To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease 

adj
  • bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object 

  • Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly. 

  • older 

take down

verb
  • To reduce. 

  • To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken. 

  • To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding. 

  • To remove something from a website. 

  • To arrest someone or to place them in detention. 

  • I took down the medicine and soon felt better. 

  • To remove something from a hanging position. 

  • To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue. 

  • To lower an item of clothing without removing it. 

  • If you have a pen, you can take down my phone number. 

  • To swallow. 

  • To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person). 

  • To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc. 

  • To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed. 

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