Down - English meaning
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adverbTowards or in a lower place or position, especially to or on the ground or another surface.
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She looked downadverbTo or at a lower level of intensity, volume, or activity.
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Keep the noise downadverbIn or into a weaker or worse position, mood, or condition.
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He was down with the fluadverbIn or into writing.
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Graham noted the numbers down carefullyadverb(with reference to partial payment of a sum of money) made initially or on the spot.
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Pay £5 down and the rest at the end of the monthadverb(of sailing) with the current or the wind.
adverb(of the ball or a player in possession) not in play, typically through progress being stopped.
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The team likes his control and the way he is able to keep the ball down in the strike zone.
prepositionFrom a higher to a lower point of (something).
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Up and down the stairsSynonims:
prepositionThroughout (a period of time).
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Astrologers down the agesSynonims:
adjectiveDirected or moving towards a lower place or position.
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The down escalatoradjectiveUnhappy or depressed.
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He's been so down latelyadjective(of a computer system) temporarily out of action or unavailable.
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Sorry, but the computer's downadjectiveSupporting or going along with someone or something.
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You got to be down with meadjectiveDenoting a flavour (variety) of stable quark having relatively low mass and an electric charge of −1/3. in the standard model protons and neutrons are composed of up and down quarks.
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At this energy level, only up and down quarks, the electron and the electron neutrino exist.
verbKnock or bring to the ground.
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175 enemy aircraft had been downedverbConsume (something, typically a drink).
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He downed five pints of cider
nounDenoting a flavour (variety) of stable quark having relatively low mass and an electric charge of − 1/3. in the standard model protons and neutrons are composed of up and down quarks.
nounA period of unwelcome experiences or negative mood.
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There had been more downs than ups during his years at the companynounA chance for a team to advance the ball, ending when the ball carrier is tackled or the ball becomes out of play. a team must advance at least ten yards in a series of four downs in order to keep possession.
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That weakness should not be too great of a negative since the texans typically do not use a nose ta…
nounA gently rolling hill.
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The gentle green contours of the downsnounA stretch of sea off the east coast of kent, sheltered by the goodwin sands.
proper nounOne of the six counties of northern ireland, since 1973 an administrative district; chief town, downpatrick.
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Word origin
Old English dūn ‘hill’ (related to Dutch duin ‘dune’), probably ultimately of Celtic origin and related to Old Irish dún and obsolete Welsh din ‘fort’, which are from an Indo-European root s
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