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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" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)`` O Blessed Virgin_Mary , Mother of God and our most gentle queen and mother , look down in mercy upon England , thy '' dowry `` , and upon us all who greatly hope and trust in thee . (Mr. America, 4:6...)And they could n't have entrusted Henri to better hands because `` le_professeur '' knows his muscles from the sterno-cleido_mastoideus of the neck right down to the tibialis_anticus of the leg - and better still , he knows just what exercises work best for them and what Weider principles to combine them with for fast , fast muscle growth . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Three inches of porous material will do a good job of keeping weeds down and the soil moist and cool . (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)We have ample light when the sun sets ; the temperature of our homes is independent of the seasons ; we fly through the air , although gravity pulls us down ; the range of our voice ignores distance . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)After having mated , an Andrena female digs a hole straight down into the ground , forming a burrow about the size of a lead_pencil . |
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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" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Bill_Kunkel , Bob_Hartman and Ed_Keegan did the mound chores for the club down from West_Palm_Beach to play the game before 767 paying customers in Miami_Stadium . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)The Bears added two more in the fifth when McAuliffe dropped a double into the leftfield corner , Paschal doubled down the rightfield line and Cooke singled off Phil_Shartzer 's glove . (The Providence Journal...)Instead - and not just to prove my objectivity - I hasten to report that it 's a highly amusing film which probably does a fairly accurate job of reporting on the Easter vacation shenanigans of collegians down in Fort_Lauderdale , and that it seems to come_to_grips quite honestly with the moral problem that most commonly vexes youngsters in this age_group - that_is_to_say , sex . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)When he was in the war , he was in Law or Supplies or something like that , and an old buddy of his told me he would come down on Sundays to the Pentagon and read the citations for medals - just like the one we sent_in for Trig - and go_away with a real glow . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)And_then the Amen_corner took_hold , re-enacting a form of group_participation in worship that stemmed from years before the Greek_chorus , spreading down through the African forest , overseas to the West_Indies , and then here in Alabama . Related terms |
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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" Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)I dig it , rake it smooth , sow the seeds and wet them down with a fog spray . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)He places the hands on either side of the head , keeping the chin down on the chest . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)I do n't understand why a white hotel should be down here '' . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)The front of their column had already passed us , when another officer came riding down the side of the road , not five paces from where we were . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Plunking themselves down on the front bench , they turned to smirk at those around them . |
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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" Used in print (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)If I do n't get some whisky down him he might die . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] paid in cash at time of purchase
Examples "put ten dollars down on the necklace" Used in print (Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)Aside from the fact that business was slow this time_of_year and his one salesgirl was not the most enterprising , Mr._Phillips had no worries at_all , and he said as much to Gun_Matson , who sat across from him in civilian clothes , on a Jiffy-Couch-a-Bed , mauve velour , $ 79.89 nothing down special ! You can n't tell a customer how much it 's going_to cost him to refinance his payments before he even signs for a loan on the money down ! |
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[ verb ] (sport) bring down or defeat, in sports
Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Gaining her second straight victory , Norman_B._Small_,_Jr. 's Garden_Fresh , a 3 - year old filly , downed promising colts in the $ 4500 St._Patrick's_Day_Purse , featured seventh race here today , and paid $ 7.20 straight . |
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[ noun ] (American football) a complete play to advance the football
Examples "you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)One was on a fourth down screen_pass from the Mustang 21 after an incomplete pass into Gannon 's territory . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (zoology) soft fine feathers
Synonyms Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)Still Andrena will do a reasonably good job , so that an animal with a full pollen load looks_like a gay little piece of yellow down floating in the wind . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (food) eat immoderately
Synonyms Examples "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" Used in print (Time magazine, 77:3...)The Department_of_Agriculture averaged_out U._S. food consumption last year at 1488 lbs. per person , which , allowing for the 17 million Americans that John_Kennedy said go_to_bed hungry every_night , means that certain gluttons on the upper end must somehow down 8 lbs. or more a day . |
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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 ] out
Examples "two down in the last of the ninth" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)With one down in the eighth , Marv_Throneberry drew a walk and stole second as Hyde fanned Tuttle . Related terms |
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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" Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)In defiance , a chinless reprobate , Jake_Camaret , marched down the aisle in St._Peter 's one Sunday morning , followed by one of the women from the Bordel , whose dress and walk plainly showed the lack of any shame . (Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)The older men would be there at noon , and maybe rest for a time before they took their guns off to the creek or drove down the road towards town . Related terms |
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[ verb ] shoot at and force to come down
Synonyms Examples "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" Related terms |
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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" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase
Examples "the down payment" "a payment of $200 down" Related terms |
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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" Related terms |
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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" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (used of computers) temporarily not operating
Examples "can't do a thing because the computers are down" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
Examples "we can't work because the computer is down" Related terms |
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