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Quick definitions from WordNet (down)
▸ noun: (American football) a complete play to advance the football ("You have 4 downs to gain 10 yards")
▸ noun: soft fine feathers
▸ 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)
▸ noun: (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
▸ noun: English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
▸ verb: bring down or defeat (an opponent)
▸ verb: cause to come or go down ("The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect")
▸ verb: shoot at and force to come down
▸ verb: eat immoderately ("Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal")
▸ verb: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
▸ verb: drink down entirely ("He downed three martinis before dinner")
▸ adjective: shut ("The shades were down")
▸ adjective: understood perfectly ("Had his algebra problems down")
▸ adjective: being or moving lower in position or less in some value ("Lay face down")
▸ adjective: the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase ("The down payment")
▸ adjective: not functioning (temporarily or permanently) ("We can't work because the computer is down")
▸ adjective: cut down ("The tree is down")
▸ adverb: spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position ("Don't fall down")
▸ adverb: away from a more central or a more northerly place ("Was sent down to work at the regional office")
▸ adverb: paid in cash at time of purchase ("Put ten dollars down on the necklace")
▸ adverb: in an inactive or inoperative state ("The factory went down during the strike")
▸ adverb: to a lower intensity ("He slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black")
▸ adverb: from an earlier time ("The story was passed down from father to son")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #20938)
▸ Also see downs
▸ Word origin
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▸ Idioms related to down (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing down
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▸ noun: (American football) a complete play to advance the football ("You have 4 downs to gain 10 yards")
▸ noun: soft fine feathers
▸ 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)
▸ noun: (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
▸ noun: English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
▸ verb: bring down or defeat (an opponent)
▸ verb: cause to come or go down ("The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect")
▸ verb: shoot at and force to come down
▸ verb: eat immoderately ("Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal")
▸ verb: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
▸ verb: drink down entirely ("He downed three martinis before dinner")
▸ adjective: shut ("The shades were down")
▸ adjective: understood perfectly ("Had his algebra problems down")
▸ adjective: being or moving lower in position or less in some value ("Lay face down")
▸ adjective: the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase ("The down payment")
▸ adjective: not functioning (temporarily or permanently) ("We can't work because the computer is down")
▸ adjective: cut down ("The tree is down")
▸ adverb: spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position ("Don't fall down")
▸ adverb: away from a more central or a more northerly place ("Was sent down to work at the regional office")
▸ adverb: paid in cash at time of purchase ("Put ten dollars down on the necklace")
▸ adverb: in an inactive or inoperative state ("The factory went down during the strike")
▸ adverb: to a lower intensity ("He slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black")
▸ adverb: from an earlier time ("The story was passed down from father to son")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #20938)
▸ Also see downs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to down
▸ Usage examples for down
▸ Idioms related to down (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing down
▸ Popular nouns described by down
▸ Words that often appear near down
▸ Rhymes of down
▸ Invented words related to down