down is the dictionary form of Down's Definition of down
down has definitions from the fields of sport,american football,zoology,geography,food,medicine,work |
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[ adverb ] spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
Synonyms 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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[ adverb ] paid in cash at time of purchase
Examples "put ten dollars down on the necklace" |
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[ adjective ] becoming progressively lower
Synonyms 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
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[ verb ] (food) eat immoderately
Synonyms 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 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 Examples "the down staircase" "the downward course of the stream" |
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[ verb ] shoot at and force to come down
Synonyms Examples "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" |
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[ verb ] cause to come or go down
Synonyms 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
Synonyms blue downcast dispirited downhearted low low-spirited depressed 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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[ 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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[ 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)
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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)
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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
Examples "can't do a thing because the computers are down" |
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[ adjective ] not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
Examples "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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