DOWN
/daʊn/ ► audio Scrabble 8 Words With Friends 9
Definition
- noun soft fine feathers.
— synonyms: down_feather
- noun (American football) a complete play to advance the football.
- noun English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896).
— synonyms: John_L._H._Down
- noun (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil.
- 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
- adverb spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position.
— synonyms: downwards, downward, downwardly
- adverb away from a more central or a more northerly place.
- adverb paid in cash at time of purchase.
- adverb from an earlier time.
- adverb to a lower intensity.
- adverb in an inactive or inoperative state.
- verb drink down entirely.
— synonyms: toss_off, pop, bolt_down, belt_down, pour_down, drink_down, kill
- verb eat up completely, as with great appetite.
— synonyms: devour, demolish, consume, go_through
- verb bring down or defeat (an opponent).
- verb shoot at and force to come down.
— synonyms: shoot_down, land
- verb cause to come or go down.
— synonyms: knock_down, cut_down, push_down, pull_down
- verb improve or perfect by pruning or polishing.
— synonyms: polish, refine, fine-tune
- adjective being or moving lower in position or less in some value.
- adjective extending or moving from a higher to a lower place.
— synonyms: down(a), downward(a)
- adjective becoming progressively lower.
— synonyms: down(a)
- adjective being put out by a strikeout.
— synonyms: down(p)
- adjective understood perfectly.
— synonyms: down_pat(p), mastered
- adjective lower than previously.
— synonyms: depressed, down(p)
- adjective shut.
- adjective not functioning (temporarily or permanently).
- adjective filled with melancholy and despondency.
— synonyms: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted
Examples
- “I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.”
- “I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field.”
- “I haven't solved 12 or 13 across, but I've got most of the downs.”
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