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/daʊn/
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  1. noun
    English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

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    john l. h. down
  2. adjective
    understood perfectly
    "had his algebra problems down"

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    down pat mastered perfect
  3. noun
    soft fine feathers

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    down feather
    type of:
    plumage feather plume
  4. adjective
    extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
    "the down staircase" "the downward course of the stream"

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    downward descending
  5. 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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    pile
    type of:
    hair
  6. adverb
    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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    downward downwardly downwards
    Opposite:
    up
  7. adjective
    lower than previously
    "prices are down"

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    depressed low
  8. adjective
    filled with melancholy and despondency
    "downcast after his defeat" "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

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    blue depressed dispirited down in the mouth downcast downhearted gloomy grim low low-spirited dejected
  9. verb
    eat up completely, as with great appetite
    "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

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    consume demolish devour go through
  10. verb
    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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    cut down knock down pull down push down
    type of:
    strike
  11. verb
    improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

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    fine-tune polish refine
  12. verb
    drink down entirely
    "He downed three martinis before dinner"

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    belt down bolt down drink down kill pop pour down toss off
    type of:
    drink imbibe
  13. verb
    shoot at and force to come down

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    land shoot down
  14. noun
    (American football) a complete play to advance the football
    "you have four downs to gain ten yards"
    type of:
    turn play
  15. adjective
    becoming progressively lower
    "the down trend in the real estate market"

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    falling
  16. adjective
    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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    downward downfield downcast downbound weak set fallen behind thrown
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    up
  17. adjective
    being put out by a strikeout
    "two down in the bottom of the ninth"

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    out
  18. verb
    bring down or defeat (an opponent)
  19. adjective
    not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
    "we can't work because the computer is down"

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    inoperative
  20. adjective
    shut
    "the shades were down"

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    lowered
  21. noun
    (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
    type of:
    upland highland
  22. 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"
    Opposite:
    up
  23. to a lower intensity
    "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
    Opposite:
    up
Examples of down
  • "had his algebra problems down"
  • "the down staircase"
  • "the downward course of the stream"
  • "don't fall down"
  • "rode the lift up and skied down"
  • "prices plunged downward"
  • "prices are down"
  • "downcast after his defeat"
  • "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
  • "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
  • "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"
  • "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
  • "He downed three martinis before dinner"
  • "you have four downs to gain ten yards"
  • "the down trend in the real estate market"
  • "lay face down"
  • "the moon is down"
  • "our team is down by a run"
  • "down by a pawn"
  • "the stock market is down today"
  • "two down in the bottom of the ninth"
  • "we can't work because the computer is down"
  • "the shades were down"
  • "was sent down to work at the regional office"
  • "worked down on the farm"
  • "came down for the wedding"
  • "flew down to Florida"
  • "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
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