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Definition of DOWNS

noun : DOWNS

Source:WordNet 3.1

1. (
- down ,
- down_feather
) soft fine feathers ;

2. (
- down
) (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards" ;

3. (
- Down ,
- John_L._H._Down
) English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) ;

4. (
- down
) (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil ;

5. (
- down ,
- pile
) fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) ;

verb : DOWNS

Source:WordNet 3.1

1. (
- toss_off ,
- pop ,
- bolt_down ,
- belt_down ,
- pour_down ,
- down ,
- drink_down ,
- kill
) drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work" ;

2. (
- devour ,
- demolish ,
- down ,
- consume ,
- go_through
) eat up completely, as with great appetite; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"; "The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them" ;

3. (
- down
) bring down or defeat (an opponent) ;

4. (
) shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" ;

5. (
) 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" ;

6. (
- polish ,
- refine ,
- fine-tune ,
- down
) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing" ;

Adjective : DOWNS

Source:WordNet 3.1

1. (
- 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" ;

2. (
- down ,
- downward
) extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream" ;

3. (
- down
) becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market" ;

4. (
- down
) being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the ninth" ;

5. (
) understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down" ;

6. (
- depressed ,
- down
) lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down" ;

7. (
- down
) shut; "the shades were down" ;

8. (
- down
) not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down" ;

9. (
- gloomy ,
- grim ,
- blue ,
- depressed ,
- dispirited ,
- down ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- down_in_the_mouth ,
- low ,
- low-spirited
) filled with melancholy and despondency; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" ;

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