Sekirov Dictionary

let down

verb 5
/ˈlɛtdaʊn/ noun 3
forms 3

verb5

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To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.
- I promised him I would meet him there, and I will not let him down.
To reduce one's level of effort.
To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem.
•
To thin; to reduce the thickness or viscosity of.
- let the sauce down with a little pasta water if it starts to become too thick; if the soup is too thick, you can let it down with a little milk; let the sauce down with a dash of the pickling liquor; use some of the stock to let down the onion sauce
•
To soften in tempering.
- to let down tools or cutlery

let-down

/ˈlɛtdaʊn/

noun3

•
A disappointment or anticlimax.
- After seeing all the advertisements, the show itself was quite a let-down.
•
The neurohormonal release of milk in dairy cows or in breastfeeding human mothers.
- The majority of peasant farmers in the tropics allow the calf to suckle before milking in order to obtain a let-down of milk. — 1990
•
The clearance of an aircraft to descend through clouds to clear air below, or the process of granting such a clearance.
- The flight received a radar letdown from air traffic control.

forms

letting down · lets down · let-downs

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