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downing

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downing


 
  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  downing 
  andrew  jackson  downing 
  downing 
  downing  street 
 
  Overview  of  noun  downing 
 
  The  noun  downing  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  Downing,  Andrew  Jackson  Downing  --  (United  States  landscape  architect  who  designed  the  grounds  of  the  White  House  and  the  Capitol  Building  (1815-1852)) 
 
  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  noun  downing 
 
  The  noun  downing  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  Downing,  Andrew  Jackson  Downing  --  (United  States  landscape  architect  who  designed  the  grounds  of  the  White  House  and  the  Capitol  Building  (1815-1852)) 
 
  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") 



downing definition