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

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  2. adjective
    understood perfectly
    "had his algebra problems down"
  3. noun
    soft fine feathers

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  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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  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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  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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    up
  7. adjective
    lower than previously
    "prices are down"

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  8. adjective
    filled with melancholy and despondency
    "downcast after his defeat" "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
  9. verb
    eat up completely, as with great appetite
    "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
  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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  11. verb
    improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

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  12. verb
    drink down entirely
    "He downed three martinis before dinner"
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  13. verb
    shoot at and force to come down

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

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  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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    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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  20. adjective
    shut
    "the shades were down"

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  21. noun
    (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
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  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"
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    up
  23. to a lower intensity
    "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
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    up
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