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downs


 
  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  downs 
  churchill  downs 
  downsizing 
  downslope 
  downspin 
  downstroke 
  downswing 
 
  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") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  downs 
  downscale 
  downstage 
  downstair 
  downstairs 
  downstream 
 
  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") 



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