That decreases in stages / (of a transformer etc) That reduces a voltage

present participle of turn down

simple past tense of turn down / past participle of turn down

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of turn down

simple past tense and past participle of dumb down

Made condescendingly simple.

(idiomatic) To eat, especially to eat vigorously.

(poetic, obsolete) Hanging down, like gyves or fetters.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cut down

present participle of cut down