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[ adverb ] spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

Examples

"don't fall down" "rode the lift up and skied down" "prices plunged downward"

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[ adverb ] away from a more central or a more northerly place

Examples

"was sent down to work at the regional office" "worked down on the farm" "came down for the wedding" "flew down to Florida"

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[ adjective ] being or moving lower in position or less in some value

Examples

"lay face down" "the moon is down" "our team is down by a run" "down by a pawn" "the stock market is down today"

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[ verb ] drink down entirely

Examples

"He downed three martinis before dinner" "She killed a bottle of brandy that night" "They popped a few beer after work"

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[ adverb ] paid in cash at time of purchase

Examples

"put ten dollars down on the necklace"

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[ adjective ] understood perfectly

Synonyms

mastered down_pat

Examples

"had his algebra problems down"

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[ adjective ] becoming progressively lower

Synonyms

declining

Examples

"steadily declining incomes" "the down trend in the real estate market"

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[ verb ] (sport) bring down or defeat, in sports
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[ noun ] (American football) a complete play to advance the football

Examples

"you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards"

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[ noun ] (zoology) soft fine feathers

Synonyms

down_feather

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[ verb ] (food) eat immoderately

Examples

"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

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[ pronoun ] preposition, at or approaching the bottom
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 20938
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[ adjective ] lower than previously

Synonyms

depressed

Examples

"the market is depressed" "prices are down"

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[ adjective ] out

Examples

"two down in the last of the ninth"

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[ adjective ] extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

Synonyms

downward

Examples

"the down staircase" "the downward course of the stream"

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[ verb ] shoot at and force to come down

Synonyms

shoot_down land

Examples

"the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

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[ verb ] cause to come or go down

Examples

"The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect" "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

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[ adjective ] low in spirits

Examples

"lonely and blue in a strange city" "depressed by the loss of his job" "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face" "downcast after his defeat" "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

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[ adjective ] the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase

Examples

"the down payment" "a payment of $200 down"

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[ verb ] improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

Examples

"refine one's style of writing"

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[ adverb ] in an inactive or inoperative state

Examples

"the factory went down during the strike" "the computer went down again"

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[ adverb ] to a lower intensity

Examples

"he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"

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[ adjective ] cut down

Synonyms

cut_down cut

Examples

"the tree is down"

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[ noun ] fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

Synonyms

pile

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[ adverb ] from an earlier time

Examples

"the story was passed down from father to son"

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[ noun ] (medicine,work) English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

Synonyms

john_l._h._down

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[ verb ] improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

Examples

"refine one's style of writing"

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[ adjective ] low in spirits

Examples

"lonely and blue in a strange city" "depressed by the loss of his job" "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face" "downcast after his defeat" "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

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[ adjective ] shut

Examples

"the shades were down"

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[ adjective ] (used of computers) temporarily not operating

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"can't do a thing because the computers are down"

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[ adjective ] not functioning (temporarily or permanently)

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"we can't work because the computer is down"

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[ noun ] (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
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