| down [a] |
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| 1) | 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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| behind descending downbound downcast downfield downward fallen low set thrown up |
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| 2) | becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market" |
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| falling |
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| 3) | understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down" |
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| Synonyms : | down_pat mastered |
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| perfect |
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| 4) | extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream" |
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| Synonyms : | downward |
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| descending |
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| 5) | out; "two down in the last of the ninth" |
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| 6) | lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down" |
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| Synonyms : | depressed |
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| low |
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| 7) | shut; "the shades were down" |
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| lowered |
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| 8) | cut down; "the tree is down" |
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| Synonyms : | cut cut_down |
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| downed |
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| 9) | not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down" |
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| 10) | low in spirits; "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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| Synonyms : | blue depressed dispirited down_in_the_mouth downcast downhearted low low-spirited |
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| dejected |
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| 11) | the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the down payment"; "a payment of $200 down" |
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| down [r] |
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| 1) | 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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| Synonyms : | downward downwardly downwards |
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| up |
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| 2) | 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 |
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| 3) | paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on the necklace" |
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| 4) | from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son" |
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| 5) | to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black" |
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| 6) | in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again" |
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| down [n] |
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| Synonyms : | down_feather |
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| feather duck_down goose_down swan's_down plumule |
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| 2) | (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards" |
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| play american_football |
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| 3) | English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) |
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| Synonyms : | john_l._h._down |
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| doc |
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| 4) | (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil |
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| highland plural |
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| 5) | 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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| Synonyms : | pile |
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| hair lanugo |
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| down [v] |
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| 1) | 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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| Synonyms : | belt_down bolt_down drink_down kill pop pour_down toss_off |
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| drink |
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| 2) | eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" |
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| Synonyms : | consume devour go_through |
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| eat devourer |
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| 3) | bring down or defeat (an opponent) |
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| defeat athletics |
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| 4) | shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" |
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| Synonyms : | land shoot_down |
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| dry_land |
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| 5) | 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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| Synonyms : | cut_down knock_down pull_down push_down |
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| strike depressant submarine |
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| 6) | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing" |
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| Synonyms : | fine-tune polish refine |
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| ameliorate cultivation elaboration refiner over-refine civilise |
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