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nounEnglish physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
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"had his algebra problems down"adjectiveunderstood perfectly
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nounsoft fine feathers
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"the down staircase" "the downward course of the stream"adjectiveextending or moving from a higher to a lower place
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nounfine 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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"don't fall down" "rode the lift up and skied down" "prices plunged downward"adverbspatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
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"prices are down"adjectivelower than previously
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"downcast after his defeat" "feeling discouraged and downhearted"adjectivefilled with melancholy and despondency
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"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"verbeat up completely, as with great appetite
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"The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect" "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"verbcause to come or go down
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verbimprove or perfect by pruning or polishingtype of:
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"He downed three martinis before dinner"verbdrink down entirely
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verbshoot at and force to come down
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"you have four downs to gain ten yards"noun(American football) a complete play to advance the football
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"the down trend in the real estate market"adjectivebecoming progressively lower
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"lay face down" "the moon is down" "our team is down by a run" "down by a pawn" "the stock market is down today"adjectivebeing or moving lower in position or less in some valueOpposite:
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"two down in the bottom of the ninth"adjectivebeing put out by a strikeout
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verbbring down or defeat (an opponent)type of:
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"we can't work because the computer is down"adjectivenot functioning (temporarily or permanently)
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"the shades were down"adjectiveshut
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noun(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
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"was sent down to work at the regional office" "worked down on the farm" "came down for the wedding" "flew down to Florida"away from a more central or a more northerly placeOpposite:
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"he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"to a lower intensityOpposite:
- peach downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
- apricot downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach
- sandbag downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling
- eiderdown down of the eider duck
- swan's down down of the swan
- duck down down of the duck
- goose down down of the goose
- plumule down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds