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(adverb) 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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Antonyms: up |
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(adverb) 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 Flordia" |
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Antonyms: up |
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(adverb) paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on the necklace" |
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(adverb) in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again" |
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(adverb) to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black" |
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Antonyms: up |
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(adverb) from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son" |
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(noun) a complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards" |
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Related Words: play, turn |
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(satellite adjective) the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the down payment"; "a payment of $200 down" |
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(verb) bring down or defeat, in sports |
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Related Words: defeat, overcome |
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(satellite adjective) not functioning; "we can't work because the computer is down" |
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(verb) cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect" |
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Synonyms: cut down, knock down, pull down, push down |
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Related Words: strike |
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(satellite adjective) (used of computers) temporarily not operating; "can't do a thing because the computers are down" |
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(satellite adjective) shut; "the shades were down" |
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(verb) shoot at and force to come down; of aircraft |
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Synonyms: land, shoot down |
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(noun) soft fine feathers |
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Related Words: eiderdown, feather, plumage, plume, swan's down |
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(satellite adjective) understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down" |
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Synonyms: down pat, mastered |
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(satellite adjective) out; "two down in the last of the ninth" |
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(satellite adjective) 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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(adjective) 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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Antonyms: up |
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(noun) (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil |
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Related Words: highland, upland |
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(verb) 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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Related Words: eat |
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(satellite adjective) lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down" |
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Synonyms: depressed |
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(satellite adjective) becoming progressively lower; "steadily declining incomes"; "the down trend in the real estate market" |
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Synonyms: declining |
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(satellite adjective) cut down; "the tree is down" |
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Synonyms: cut, cut down |
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(verb) 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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Related Words: ameliorate, amend, better, civilize, cultivate, educate, improve, meliorate, school, train |
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(satellite adjective) 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, downcast, downhearted, low, low-spirited |
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(verb) drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night" |
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Synonyms: belt down, bolt down, drink down, kill, pour down, toss off |
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Related Words: drink, imbibe |
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