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Down

/ Down /
noun/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
(American football) a complete play to advance the football
"you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards"
Type of:
turn play
Domain:
American football American football game
adjective satellite Sense 2
not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
"we can''t work because the computer is down"
Similar:
inoperative
adjective satellite Sense 3
shut
"the shades were down"
Similar:
lowered
adjective satellite Sense 4
understood perfectly
"had his algebra problems down"
Similar:
perfect
adjective Sense 5
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"
Similar:
behind(p) trailing downbound downcast downfield downward(ip) fallen set(p)
Opposites:
up
See also:
descending(a) low
adverb Sense 6
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"
Opposites:
up upwards upward upwardly
adverb Sense 7
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"
Opposites:
up
adverb Sense 8
paid in cash at time of purchase
"put ten dollars down on the necklace"
adverb Sense 9
in an inactive or inoperative state
"the factory went down during the strike"
"the computer went down again"
adverb Sense 10
to a lower intensity
"he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
Opposites:
up
adjective satellite Sense 11
the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase
"the down payment"
"a payment of $200 down"
Similar:
fractional
verb Sense 12
shoot at and force to come down
"the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
Derived:
land dry land earth ground solid ground
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 13
soft fine feathers
Type of:
feather plume plumage
Kinds of:
duck down goose down swan's down plumule
noun Sense 14
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
Type of:
hair
Kinds of:
lanugo
noun Sense 15
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
Type of:
highland upland
Domain:
plural plural form
noun Sense 16
English physician who first described Down''s syndrome (1828-1896)
Type of:
doctor doc physician
adverb Sense 17
from an earlier time
"the story was passed down from father to son"
verb Sense 18
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
Type of:
get the better of overcome defeat
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Domain:
sport athletics
verb Sense 19
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"
Type of:
strike
Kinds of:
submarine
Derived:
sedative sedative drug depressant downer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 20
eat immoderately
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
Type of:
eat
Derived:
devourer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
adjective satellite Sense 21
cut down
"the tree is down"
Similar:
felled downed
verb Sense 22
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
"refine one''s style of writing"
Type of:
better improve amend
Kinds of:
overrefine over-refine educate school train
Derived:
polish refinement culture cultivation finish
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 23
drink down entirely
"He downed three martinis before dinner"
"She killed a bottle of brandy that night"
"They popped a few beer after work"
Type of:
drink imbibe
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
23
Total Synonyms
14
Total Relationships
70
Times Searched
6
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Related Words

turn play inoperative lowered perfect behind(p) trailing downbound downcast downfield downward(ip) fallen