Word Finder - down

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(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.

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To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.

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(comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.

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To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).

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Away from the city (regardless of direction).

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At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.

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Forward, straight ahead.

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(rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

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(UK, academia, dated) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.

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To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.

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(sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).

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So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.

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So as to reduce size, weight or volume.

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From less to greater detail.

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From a remoter or higher antiquity.

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Into a state of non-operation.

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So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.

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On paper (or in a durable record).

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So as to be cowed into silence.

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As a down payment.

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(crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.

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Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.

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(sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.

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From the higher end to the lower of.

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From north to south of.

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Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.

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From one end to another of (in any direction); along.

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(colloquial) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).

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Facing downwards.

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At a lower level than before.

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(informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.

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Sick, wounded, or damaged:

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(slang) In prison.

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Having a lower score than an opponent.

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(baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.

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(colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.

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(Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].

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(African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.

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Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).

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Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)

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(obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.

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(of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.

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(rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

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(transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.

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(transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.

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(transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower.

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(transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.

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(intransitive, rare or obsolete) To go or come down; to descend.

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(transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.

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(transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.

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(transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.

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A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.

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(dated) A grudge (on someone).

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A downer, depressant.

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An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.

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(American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.

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(crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.

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A downstairs room of a two-story house.

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Down payment.

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The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.

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(especially Southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.

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(usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.

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(UK, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.

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Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.

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(botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.

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The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.

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That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.

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(transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.