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English to English adjective
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being or moving lower in position or less in some value |  | Example: 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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Downcast; as, a down look. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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extending or moving from a higher to a lower place | | Example: the down staircase
the downward course of the stream
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becoming progressively lower | | Example: the down trend in the real estate market
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being put out by a strikeout | | Example: two down in the bottom of the ninth
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understood perfectly | | Example: had his algebra problems down
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lower than previously | | Example: the market is depressed
prices are down
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shut | | Example: the shades were down
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not functioning (temporarily or permanently) | | Example: we can't work because the computer is down
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filled with melancholy and despondency | | Example: gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
gloomy predictions
a gloomy silence
took a grim view of the economy
the darkening mood
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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spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position | | Example: don't fall down
rode the lift up and skied down
prices plunged downward
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away from a more central or a more northerly place | | Example: 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 | | Example: put ten dollars down on the necklace
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from an earlier time | | Example: the story was passed down from father to son
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to a lower intensity | | Example: he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black
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in an inactive or inoperative state | | Example: the factory went down during the strike
the computer went down again
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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. | | source: webster1913 noun
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soft fine feathers | | source: wordnet30
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(American football) a complete play to advance the football | | Example: you have four downs to gain ten yards
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English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) | | source: wordnet30
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(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil | | source: wordnet30
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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) | | source: wordnet30
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Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913 preposition
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
| 26 |
drink down entirely | | Example: 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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eat immoderately | | Example: Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
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bring down or defeat (an opponent) | | source: wordnet30
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shoot at and force to come down | | Example: the enemy landed several of our aircraft
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cause to come or go down | | Example: 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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improve or perfect by pruning or polishing | | Example: refine one's style of writing
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To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To go down; to descend. | | source: webster1913
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