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Soft fine feathers |
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(American football) a complete play to advance the football You have four downs to gain ten yards |
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English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) |
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(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil |
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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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Drink down entirely 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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Eat immoderately Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal |
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Bring down or defeat (an opponent) |
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Shoot at and force to come down The enemy landed several of our aircraft |
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Cause to come or go down 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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Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing Refine one's style of writing |
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Being or moving lower in position or less in some value 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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Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place The down staircase The downward course of the stream |
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Becoming progressively lower The down trend in the real estate market |
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Being put out by a strikeout Two down in the bottom of the ninth |
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Understood perfectly Had his algebra problems down |
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Lower than previously The market is depressed Prices are down |
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Shut The shades were down |
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Not functioning (temporarily or permanently) We can't work because the computer is down |
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Filled with melancholy and despondency Gloomy at the thought of what he had to face Gloomy predictions A gloomy silence Took a grim view of the economy The darkening mood 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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Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position Don't fall down Rode the lift up and skied down Prices plunged downward |
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Away from a more central or a more northerly place 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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Paid in cash at time of purchase Put ten dollars down on the necklace |
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From an earlier time The story was passed down from father to son |
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To a lower intensity He slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black |
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In an inactive or inoperative state The factory went down during the strike The computer went down again |
adj | down, behind, trailing, downbound, downcast, downfield, downward, fallen, set, thrown, descending, low |
adj | falling |
adj | down pat, mastered, perfect |
adj | downward, descending |
adj | out, retired |
adj | depressed, low |
adj | lowered |
adj | cut, cut down, felled, downed |
adj | inoperative |
adj | blue, depressed, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited, dejected |
adj | fractional |
noun | down feather, feather, plume, plumage |
noun | turn, play |
noun | Down, John L. H. Down, doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico |
noun | highland, upland |
noun | pile, hair |
verb | toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, drink down, kill, drink, imbibe |
verb | devour, consume, go through, eat |
verb | get the better of, overcome, defeat |
verb | shoot down, land |
verb | knock down, cut down, push down, pull down, strike |
verb | polish, refine, fine-tune, better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate |
adv | downwards, downward, downwardly |