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down

(d/AU/n )

soft fine feathers(noun.animal)

Synonym:
down feather

source: wordnet30
(American football) a complete play to advance the football(noun.act)

Example:
You have four downs to gain ten yards.

source: wordnet30
English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)(noun.person)

Synonym:
john l. h. down

source: wordnet30
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil(noun.object)

source: wordnet30
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)(noun.body)

Synonym:
pile

source: wordnet30
Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

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.(preposition)

source: webster1913

spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position(adv.all)

Example:
Don't fall down.
Rode the lift up and skied down.
Prices plunged downward.

Synonym:
downward, downwardly, downwards
Antonym:
up, upward, upwardly, upwards

source: wordnet30
away from a more central or a more northerly place(adv.all)

Example:
Was sent down to work at the regional office.
Worked down on the farm.
Came down for the wedding.
Flew down to Florida.

source: wordnet30
paid in cash at time of purchase(adv.all)

Example:
Put ten dollars down on the necklace.

source: wordnet30
from an earlier time(adv.all)

Example:
The story was passed down from father to son.

source: wordnet30
to a lower intensity(adv.all)

Example:
He slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black.

source: wordnet30
in an inactive or inoperative state(adv.all)

Example:
The factory went down during the strike.
The computer went down again.

source: wordnet30
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.(adverb)

source: webster1913

drink down entirely(verb.consumption)

Example:
He downed three martinis before dinner.

Synonym:
belt down, bolt down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off

source: wordnet30
eat immoderately(verb.consumption)

Example:
Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal.

Synonym:
consume, devour, go through

source: wordnet30
bring down or defeat (an opponent)(verb.competition)

source: wordnet30
shoot at and force to come down(verb.motion)

Synonym:
land, shoot down

source: wordnet30
cause to come or go down(verb.contact)

Example:
The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect.
The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet.

Synonym:
cut down, knock down, pull down, push down

source: wordnet30
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing(verb.change)

Synonym:
fine-tune, polish, refine

source: wordnet30
To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.(verb)

source: webster1913
To go down; to descend.(verb)

source: webster1913