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down - soft fine feathers |
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plumage,
feather,
plume turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
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duck down down of the duck
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goose down down of the goose
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swan's down down of the swan
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plumule down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds
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down - fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) |
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pile |
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hair a filamentous projection or process on an organism
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lanugo the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation
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down - (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards" |
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turn,
play taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park"
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american football,
american football game a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
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down - (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil |
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highland,
upland elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
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plural,
plural form the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
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Down - English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) |
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down - cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet" |
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strike cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc"
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submarine attack by submarine; "The Germans submarined the Allies"
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down - bring down or defeat (an opponent) |
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get the better of,
defeat,
overcome win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
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athletics,
sport participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity
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down - shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" |
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adjectif |
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down - being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today" |
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up open; "the windows are up"
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descending
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low literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"
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behind
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downbound heading in any direction that is conventionally down; "a downbound channel"; "the downbound train"
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downcast directed downward; "a downcast glance"
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downfield toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field; "he threw to a downfield receiver"
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downward
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fallen killed in battle; "to honor fallen soldiers"
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set
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thrown twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread; "thrown silk is raw silk that has been twisted and doubled into yarn"
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weak deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind"
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down - not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down" |
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inoperative not working or taking effect; "an inoperative law"
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down - shut; "the shades were down" |
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lowered below the surround or below the normal position; "with lowered eyes"
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down - understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down" |
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mastered |
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perfect precisely accurate or exact; "perfect timing"
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down - spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward" |
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downwards,
downward,
downwardly |
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upwardly,
upward,
upwards,
up spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"
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upwardly,
upward,
upwards,
up spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"
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upwardly,
upward,
upwards,
up spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"
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upwardly,
upward,
upwards,
up spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"
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down - away from a more central or a more northerly place; "was sent down to work at the regional office"; "worked down on the farm"; "came down for the wedding"; "flew down to Florida" |
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up spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"
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down - to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black" |
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up spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"
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down - paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on the necklace" |
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down - in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again" |
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down - from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son" |