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Downs - English meaning

Downs – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A period of unwelcome experiences or negative mood.

Usage examples:

There had been more downs than ups during his years at the company
noun

A 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.

Usage examples:

That weakness should not be too great of a negative since the texans typically do not use a nose ta…
noun

Soft, fine, fluffy feathers which form the first covering of a young bird or an insulating layer below the contour feathers of an adult bird.

Usage examples:

The baby penguins' woolly down is essential in the antarctic winter
noun

A gently rolling hill.

Usage examples:

The gentle green contours of the downs
noun

A stretch of sea off the east coast of kent, sheltered by the goodwin sands.

adverb

Towards or in a lower place or position, especially to or on the ground or another surface.

Usage examples:

She looked down
adverb

To or at a lower level of intensity, volume, or activity.

Usage examples:

Keep the noise down
adverb

In or into a weaker or worse position, mood, or condition.

Usage examples:

The disclosures brought down some of the biggest names in the business
adverb

In or into writing.

Usage examples:

Graham noted the numbers down carefully
adverb

(with reference to partial payment of a sum of money) made initially or on the spot.

Usage examples:

Pay £5 down and the rest at the end of the month
adverb

(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.

Usage examples:

The team likes his control and the way he is able to keep the ball down in the strike zone.
preposition

From a higher to a lower point of (something)

Usage examples:

Up and down the stairs
preposition

Throughout (a period of time)

Usage examples:

Astrologers down the ages
adjective

Directed or moving towards a lower place or position.

Usage examples:

The down escalator
adjective

Unhappy or depressed.

Usage examples:

He's been so down lately
adjective

(of a computer system) temporarily out of action or unavailable.

Usage examples:

Sorry, but the computer's down
adjective

Supporting or going along with someone or something.

Usage examples:

You got to be down with me
adjective

Denoting 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.

Usage examples:

At this energy level, only up and down quarks, the electron and the electron neutrino exist.

Downs translation into English

Downs: translate from English into Chinese

Translate downs into Chinese (Simplified)}
下降, 往下, 击落, 绒毛, 毧, 氄

Downs: translate from English into Dutch

Translate downs into Dutch}
Downs, Dons, Leggen, Neerhalen, Verslaan, Neerschieten, Onderdrukken, Duin, Omvergooien, Tegenslag, Neergooien, Ontmoedigen

Downs: translate from English into French

Translate downs into French}
Des bas, Abattre, Pente

Downs: translate from English into German

Translate downs into German}
Tiefen, Hügelkette

Downs: translate from English into Hindi

Translate downs into Hindi}
चढ़ाव, उतरना, गिराना, निगलना, मारकर गिरा देना, पटकना, नीचे आना, लीलना, उतराई, उतरान, वैमनस्य, कोमल पर, कोमल रोवां, कछार

Downs: translate from English into Italian

Translate downs into Italian}
Bassi, Abbattere, Piuma, Piumino, Peluria, Rovesciare, Lanugine, Collina, Gettare a terra, Tracannare

Downs: translate from English into Korean

Translate downs into Korean}
다운, 하위, 솜털, 쇠퇴, 삼키다, 부드러운 털, 모래 언덕, 고원지, 때려눕히다, 다운하다

Downs: translate from English into Russian

Translate downs into Russian}
Спады, Пух, Спуск, Падение, Опускать, Спускать, Сбивать, Крах, Пушок, Глотать, Неудача, Одолевать, Холм, Кончать, Нападки, Неудовольствие, Мяч вне игры, Безлесная возвышенность, Возвышенность, Сбрасывать с лошади, Осиливать, Подчинять, Разделываться

Downs: translate from English into Spanish

Translate downs into Spanish}
Bajas, Plumón, Pelusa, Vello, Bozo, Flojel, Devorar a, Vilano

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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