All English words - page 1368
adjectivePessimistic or gloomy.
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The assessment of the uk's economic prospects is downbeat
nounAn accented beat, usually the first of the bar.
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The song has three stanzas of six lines, carrying four stresses downbeats separated by upbeats.
nounAn accented beat, usually the first of the bar.
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The song has three stanzas of six lines, carrying four stresses downbeats separated by upbeats.
adjectivePessimistic or gloomy.
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The assessment of the uk's economic prospects is downbeat
adjective(of a person's eyes) looking downwards.
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Her modestly downcast eyes
nounA shaft dug in a mine for extra ventilation.
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The probable explanation is, that the return air was leaking across into the downcast shaft at vari…
nounDejection.
nounA shaft dug in a mine for extra ventilation.
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The probable explanation is, that the return air was leaking across into the downcast shaft at vari…
adjective(of a person's eyes) looking downwards.
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Her modestly downcast eyes
nounThe action or an act of coming down; descent from a higher place or position; downfall; humiliation.
nounA pipe for the downward transport of water or gas from the top of a furnace or boiler.
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They responded by putting forward a new plan - using the tides of the huangpu to wash the existing …
nounAn act or instance of coming down; a descent from a higher place or position.
adjectiveThat descends, drops, or falls downwards; that comes onwards.
verbTo disparage or belittle (a person or thing); to cry down, to decry.
nounWith of. the action of disparaging, decrying, or belittling a person or thing; an instance of this.
adjectiveCurved downwards.
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The slightly down-curved bill of a starling
verb(of a river) erode downwards through its bed.
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The new river began downcutting
nounA downward current of air.
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The helicopter was caught in a strong downdraught
nounA downward current of air.
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The helicopter was caught in a strong downdraught
verbKnock or bring to the ground.
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175 enemy aircraft had been downed
adverbTowards or in a lower place or position, especially to or on the ground or another surface.
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She looked down
prepositionFrom a higher to a lower point of (something)
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Up and down the stairs
adjectiveDirected or moving towards a lower place or position.
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The down escalator
nounA period of unwelcome experiences or negative mood.
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There had been more downs than ups during his years at the company
proper nounOne of the six counties of northern ireland, since 1973 an administrative district; chief town, downpatrick.
nounA depressant or tranquillizing drug, especially a barbiturate.
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During that week i was heavily doped on downers
nounA depressant or tranquillizing drug, especially a barbiturate.
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During that week i was heavily doped on downers
verbTo contradict or gainsay (a person); to claim to the contrary of (a person) that something else is the case; to dispute (a remark). also: to contend brazenly or defiantly to (a person) that something false or improbable is the case. compare to face down.
nounA loss of power, prosperity, or status.
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Many factors led to the downfall of the roman empire
adjectiveThat has fallen from an upright or elevated position; that has collapsed.
nounThe action of falling down; especially decline in power, status, or prosperity; downfall, demise.
adjectiveThat is falling down or in a downward direction; (also figurative) that is falling into disgrace or ruin; declining, decaying.
nounA loss of power, prosperity, or status.
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Many factors led to the downfall of the roman empire
adverb(in sport) in or to a position nearer to the opponents' end of a field.
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A few minutes later, gloucester launch a huge kick downfield.
nounThe flow of something in a downward direction; a downward flow or current.
nounA syncline.
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His concept of a great downfold or depression filling with sediment at the edge of a continent and …
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