Synonyms: down
Definition: (American football) a complete play to advance the football
Usage: you have four downs to gain ten yards
Definition: (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
Usage: it is my turn; it is still my play
Synonyms: down, down feather
Definition: soft fine feathers
Similar words: feather, plumage, plume
Definition: the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
Definition: fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
Similar words: hair
Definition: a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
Usage: he combed his hair; each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells
Synonyms: down
Definition: (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
Synonyms: Down, John L. H. Down
Definition: English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
Similar words: doc, doctor, Dr., physician, MD, medico
Definition: a licensed medical practitioner
Usage: I felt so bad I went to see my doctor
Synonyms: polish, refine, fine-tune, down
Definition: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
Usage: refine one's style of writing
Similar words: meliorate, improve, ameliorate, amend, better
Definition: to make better
Usage: The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
Synonyms: down
Definition: bring down or defeat (an opponent)
Similar words: overcome, defeat, get the better of
Definition: win a victory over
Usage: 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
Synonyms: consume, down, devour, go through
Definition: eat immoderately
Usage: Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
Similar words: eat
Definition: take in solid food
Usage: She was eating a banana; What did you eat for dinner last night?
Synonyms: toss off, down, drink down, belt down, bolt down, pop, pour down, kill
Definition: drink down entirely
Usage: He downed three martinis before dinner; She killed a bottle of brandy that night; They popped a few beer after work
Definition: take in liquids
Usage: The patient must drink several liters each day; The children like to drink soda
Synonyms: knock down, down, cut down, pull down, push down
Definition: cause to come or go down
Usage: The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect; The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
Similar words: strike
Definition: deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
Usage: The teacher struck the child; the opponent refused to strike; The boxer struck the attacker dead
Synonyms: down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dispirited, depressed, low, low-spirited, grim, gloomy, blue
Definition: filled with melancholy and despondency
Usage: 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
Similar words: dejected
Definition: affected or marked by low spirits
Usage: is dejected but trying to look cheerful
Synonyms: down
Definition: not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
Usage: we can't work because the computer is down
Synonyms: down
Definition: shut
Usage: the shades were down
Similar words: lowered
Definition: below the surround or below the normal position
Usage: with lowered eyes
Definition: lower than previously
Usage: the market is depressed; prices are down
Similar words: low
Definition: less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
Usage: low prices; the reservoir is low
Synonyms: down, down pat, mastered
Definition: understood perfectly
Usage: had his algebra problems down
Similar words: perfect
Definition: being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
Usage: a perfect circle; a perfect reproduction; perfect happiness; perfect manners; a perfect specimen; a perfect day
Synonyms: down
Definition: being put out by a strikeout
Usage: two down in the bottom of the ninth
Similar words: out
Definition: not allowed to continue to bat or run
Usage: he was tagged out at second on a close play; he fanned out
Definition: extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
Usage: the down staircase; the downward course of the stream
Similar words: descending
Definition: coming down or downward
Synonyms: down
Definition: becoming progressively lower
Usage: the down trend in the real estate market
Similar words: falling
Definition: becoming lower or less in degree or value
Usage: a falling market; falling incomes
Synonyms: down
Definition: being or moving lower in position or less in some value
Usage: lay face down; the moon is down; our team is down by a run; down by a pawn; the stock market is down today
Similar words: behind
Definition: having the lower score or lagging position in a contest
Usage: behind by two points; the 8th inning found the home team trailing
Similar words: downbound
Definition: heading in any direction that is conventionally down
Usage: a downbound channel; the downbound train
Similar words: downcast
Definition: directed downward
Usage: a downcast glance
Similar words: downfield
Definition: toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
Usage: he threw to a downfield receiver
Similar words: downward
Definition: on or toward a surface regarded as a base
Usage: he lay face downward; the downward pull of gravity
Similar words: fallen
Definition: having dropped by the force of gravity
Usage: fallen leaves covered the forest floor; sat on a fallen tree trunk
Similar words: set
Definition: being below the horizon
Usage: the moon is set
Similar words: thrown
Definition: caused to fall to the ground
Usage: the thrown rider got back on his horse; a thrown wrestler; a ball player thrown for a loss
Similar words: weak
Definition: tending downward in price
Usage: a weak market for oil stocks