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down definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb down 2 of 6 senses of down Sense 5 down knock down cut down push down pull down => submarine Sense 6 polish, refine, fine-tune, down => educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb down 2 of 6 senses of down Sense 5 down knock down cut down push down pull down => submarine Sense 6 polish, refine, fine-tune, down => educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise => sophisticate Entailment of verb down Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb down 6 senses of down Sense 1 toss off bolt down belt down pour down down drink down kill => drink, imbibe Sense 2 devour, down consume, go through => eat Sense 3 down => overcome, defeat Sense 4 down shoot down land Sense 5 down knock down cut down push down pull down => strike Sense 6 polish, refine, fine-tune, down => better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate Familiarity of verb down down used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 6) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb down Sense 1 toss off bolt down belt down pour down down drink down kill => drink, imbibe -------------- Sense 2 devour, down consume, go through => eat -------------- Sense 3 down => overcome, defeat -------------- Sense 4 down shoot down land -------------- Sense 5 down knock down cut down push down pull down => strike -------------- Sense 6 polish, refine, fine-tune, down => better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate -------------- Grep of noun down backdown breakdown clampdown climb-down closedown comedown countdown crackdown down down's syndrome down-and-out down-bow down easter down feather down payment down quark down syndrome down town downbeat downcast downdraft downer downfall downgrade downheartedness downhill downiness downing downing street downpour downrightness downsizing downslope downspin downstroke downswing downtick downtime downtown downturn downy ash downy birch downy brome downy bromegrass downy cheat downy chess downy ground cherry downy haw downy manzanita downy mildew downy poplar downy wood mint downy woodpecked downy yellow violet dressing down duck down eiderdown godown goose down hampshire down hand-me-down john l. h. down jumping up and down knockdown letdown letting down lookdown low-down nervous breakdown push-down list push-down queue push-down stack push-down storage push-down store put-down rubdown rundown shakedown shoot-down showdown shutdown sit-down sit-down strike slowdown spelldown splashdown split down standdown step-down step-down transformer stepping down sundown swan's down takedown tearing down thistledown touchdown turndown upside-down cake write-down Overview of noun down The noun down has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) down down feather -- (soft fine feathers) 2. (1) down -- (a complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards") 3. Down John L. H. Down -- (English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)) 4. down -- ((usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil) Overview of verb down The verb down has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (3) toss off bolt down belt down pour down down drink down kill -- (drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night") 2. (1) devour, down consume, go through -- (eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal") 3. (1) down -- (bring down or defeat, in sports) 4. down shoot down land -- (shoot at and force to come down of aircraft) 5. down knock down cut down push down pull down -- (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") 6. polish, refine, fine-tune, down -- (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing") Overview of adj down The adj down has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (9) down -- (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") 2. (0) down downward -- (extending or moving from a higher to a lower place "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream") 3. (1) declining, down -- (becoming progressively lower; "steadily declining incomes"; "the down trend in the real estate market") 4. (0) down -- (out; "two down in the last of the ninth") 5. (1) down down pat, mastered -- (understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down") 6. depressed, down -- (lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down") 7. down -- (shut; "the shades were down") 8. cut, cut down down -- (cut down "the tree is down") 9. down -- (not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down") 10. blue, depressed, dispirited, down downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low low-spirited -- (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") 11. down -- (the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the down payment"; "a payment of $200 down") Overview of adv down The adv down has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (98) down downwards, downward, downwardly -- (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") 2. (22) down -- (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") 3. (2) down -- (paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on the necklace") 4. down -- (from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son") 5. down -- (to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black") 6. down -- (in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again") Antonyms of adj down 11 senses of down Sense 1 down (vs. up) up (vs. down) => ahead(prenominal), in the lead, leading => aweigh => dormie, dormy => heavenward, skyward => risen => sprouted => upbound => upward => upfield Sense 2 down(postnominal), downward(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA descending) -> ascending Sense 3 declining, down(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA falling) -> rising Sense 4 down(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA out) -> safe Sense 5 down down pat(prenominal), mastered INDIRECT (VIA perfect) -> imperfect Sense 6 depressed, down(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA low) -> high Sense 7 down INDIRECT (VIA lowered) -> raised Sense 8 cut, cut down down INDIRECT (VIA felled) -> unfelled Sense 9 down INDIRECT (VIA inoperative) -> operative Sense 10 blue, depressed, dispirited, down(prenominal), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low low-spirited INDIRECT (VIA dejected) -> elated Sense 11 down INDIRECT (VIA fractional) -> whole Similarity of adj down 11 senses of down Sense 1 down (vs. up) => behind(prenominal), trailing => downbound => downcast => downfield => downward(predicate) => fallen => set(prenominal) => thrown Also See-> descending#1; low#2 Sense 2 down(postnominal), downward(postnominal) => descending(postnominal) (vs. ascending) Sense 3 declining, down(postnominal) => falling (vs. rising) Sense 4 down(prenominal) => out(prenominal) (vs. safe), retired Sense 5 down down pat(prenominal), mastered => perfect (vs. imperfect) Sense 6 depressed, down(prenominal) => low (vs. high) Sense 7 down => lowered (vs. raised) Sense 8 cut, cut down down => felled (vs. unfelled), downed Sense 9 down => inoperative (vs. operative) Sense 10 blue, depressed, dispirited, down(prenominal), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low low-spirited => dejected (vs. elated) Sense 11 down => fractional (vs. whole) Attributes of adj down Familiarity of adj down down used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 11) Grep of adj down beardown boiled-down bowed down broken-down button-down buttoned-down cut down down down-and-out down-to-earth down in the mouth down pat downbound downcast downed downfield downhearted downhill downlike downmarket downright downscale downstage downstair downstairs downstream downtown downtrodden downward downward-sloping downwind downy hand-down hand-me-down handed-down hands-down hunkered down knock-down knock-down-and-drag-out loaded down low-down pegged-down right-down run-down stripped-down toned down top-down tumble-down upside-down weighed down Overview of noun down The noun down has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) down down feather -- (soft fine feathers) 2. (1) down -- (a complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards") 3. Down John L. H. Down -- (English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)) 4. down -- ((usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil) Overview of verb down The verb down has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (3) toss off bolt down belt down pour down down drink down kill -- (drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night") 2. (1) devour, down consume, go through -- (eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal") 3. (1) down -- (bring down or defeat, in sports) 4. down shoot down land -- (shoot at and force to come down of aircraft) 5. down knock down cut down push down pull down -- (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") 6. polish, refine, fine-tune, down -- (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing") Overview of adj down The adj down has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (9) down -- (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") 2. (0) down downward -- (extending or moving from a higher to a lower place "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream") 3. (1) declining, down -- (becoming progressively lower; "steadily declining incomes"; "the down trend in the real estate market") 4. (0) down -- (out; "two down in the last of the ninth") 5. (1) down down pat, mastered -- (understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down") 6. depressed, down -- (lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down") 7. down -- (shut; "the shades were down") 8. cut, cut down down -- (cut down "the tree is down") 9. down -- (not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down") 10. blue, depressed, dispirited, down downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low low-spirited -- (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") 11. down -- (the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the down payment"; "a payment of $200 down") Overview of adv down The adv down has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (98) down downwards, downward, downwardly -- (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") 2. (22) down -- (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") 3. (2) down -- (paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on the necklace") 4. down -- (from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son") 5. down -- (to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black") 6. down -- (in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again")
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