DOWN
\dˈa͡ʊn], \dˈaʊn], \d_ˈaʊ_n]\
Definitions of DOWN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
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cut down; "the tree is down"
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soft fine feathers
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(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
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English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
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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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in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again"
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to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
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the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the down payment"; "a payment of $200 down"
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out; "two down in the last of the ninth"
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(American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards"
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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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bring down or defeat (an opponent)
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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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shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
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not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down"
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shut; "the shades were down"
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becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market"
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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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from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son"
By Princeton University
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eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
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cut down; "the tree is down"
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a complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards"
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soft fine feathers
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(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
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English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
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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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in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again"
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to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
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the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the down payment"; "a payment of $200 down"
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out; "two down in the last of the ninth"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool
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The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets.
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The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle.
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The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
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That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down
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To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
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A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.
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A state of depression; low state; abasement.
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From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion.
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In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet.
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From a remoter or higher antiquity.
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In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well.
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Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound.
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To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.
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To go down; to descend.
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Downcast; as, a down look.
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Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial.
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Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.
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A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; - usually in the plural.
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A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; - usually in the plural.
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In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; - the opposite of up.
By Oddity Software
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Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool
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The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets.
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The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle.
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The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
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That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down
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To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
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A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.
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A state of depression; low state; abasement.
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From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion.
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In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet.
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From a remoter or higher antiquity.
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In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well.
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Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound.
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To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.
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To go down; to descend.
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Downcast; as, a down look.
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Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial.
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Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.
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A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; - usually in the plural.
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A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; - usually in the plural.
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In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; - the opposite of up.
By Noah Webster.
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Soft feathers, hair, or wool; the soft fibers of plants; banks or small, rounded hills of sand.
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From a higher to a lower degree or position; at the lowest point; on the ground; below the horizon; opposite to up; from earlier to later times; in hand, or on the counter; as, to pay down for goods; on paper, or in a book.
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Dejected; downcast.
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Along a descent of; from a higher to a lower place on; along the course or current of.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The soft hair under the feathers of fowls: the hairy covering of the seeds of certain plants: anything which soothes or invites to repose.
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A bank of sand thrown up by the sea:-pl. a tract of hilly land, used for pasturing sheep.
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From a higher to a lower position: on the ground: from earlier to later times.
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Along a descent: from a higher to a lower position or state.
By Daniel Lyons
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Along a descent.
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In a descending direction; on the ground; below the horizon.
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Soft feathers or fine hair; bank of sand thrown up by the sea.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Fine soft plumage, hair, or fibers.
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A flat - topped treeless hill; undulating tract of upland.
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From a higher to or toward a lower place or position; downward to or on the ground; below the horizon.
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In a descending direction along, upon, or within.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Icelandic] The fine soft feathers of birds, especially of the eider duck;—the fine hair growing on the chin at puberty;—the pubescence of plants; the pappus or fine hairy growth by which seeds are conveyed, as in the thistle.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A bank or hillock of sand thrown up by the sea;—a tract of sandy and barren land;—a large open plain on elevated land;—pl. A road for shipping in the English Channel, near Deal.
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prep. [Anglo-Saxon] Along a descent; towards a lower place, station, or position:—toward the mouth of a river, or toward the place where water is discharged into the ocean or a lake.
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adv. In a descending direction; tending from a higher to a lower place from a higher to a lower condition; —from a remoter or higher antiquity;—below the horizon in a low position or condition; on the ground; — in humility, disgrace, and the like.
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Soft feathers; anything that sooths or mollifies; soft wool, or tender hair; the soft fibres of plants which wing the seeds.
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A large open plain or valley.
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Along a descent, from a higher place to a lower; towards the mouth of a river.
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On the ground, from the height to a lower situation; tending towards the ground; out of sight, below the horizon; to a total maceration; into disgrace, into declining reputation; Up and down, here, and there.
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An exhortation to destruction or demolition.
By Thomas Sheridan
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