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Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- filled with melancholy and despondency
adjective
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
adjective
- shut
adjective
- lower than previously
adjective
- understood perfectly
adjective
- being put out in a game of baseball
adjective
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
adjective
- becoming progressively lower
adjective
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
adverb
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
adverb
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
adverb
- paid in cash at time of purchase
adverb
- in an inactive or inoperative state
adverb
- to a lower intensity
adverb
- from an earlier time
noun
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
noun
- soft fine feathers
noun
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
noun
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
verb
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
verb
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
verb
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
verb
- drink down entirely
verb
- cause to come or go down
verb
- shoot at and force to come down
Example sentences
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
we can't work because the computer is down
the shades were down
the market is depressed
prices are down
had his algebra problems down
two down in the bottom of the ninth
the down staircase
the downward course of the stream
the down trend in the real estate market
lay face down
the moon is down
our team is down by a run
down by a pawn
the stock market is down today
don't fall down
rode the lift up and skied down
prices plunged downward
was sent down to work at the regional office
worked down on the farm
came down for the wedding
flew down to Florida
put ten dollars down on the necklace
the factory went down during the strike
the computer went down again
he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black
the story was passed down from father to son
you have four downs to gain ten yards
refine one's style of writing
Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them
He downed three martinis before dinner
She killed a bottle of brandy that night
They popped a few beers after work
The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
the enemy landed several of our aircraft