Downname/daʊn/

• 1

  One of the six traditional counties of Northern Ireland, usually known as County Down.

• 2

  A surname.

downadv詞源 1/ˈdaʊ̯n/

• 1

  From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.

  • The cat jumped down from the table.
  • She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
• 2

  To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.

  • Go down to the bottom of the page.
  • As I lay on my back, a pain shot down from my neck to my waist.
• 3

  At a lower or further place or position along a set path.

  • His place is farther down the road.
  • The company was well down the path to bankruptcy.
• 4

  To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).

  • I went down to Miami for a conference.
• 5

  Away from the city (regardless of direction).

  • He went down to Cavan.
  • down on the farm
• 6

  At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.

  • She lives down by the park.
• 7

  Forward, straight ahead.

  • At the first intersection turn left and walk down, then turn right.
• 8

  rail-transportrailwaystransportIn the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

downprep詞源 1/ˈdaʊ̯n/

• 1

  From the higher end to the lower of.

  • The ball rolled down the hill.
  • We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.
• 2

  From north to south of.

  • We sailed down the eastern seaboard.
• 3

  Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.

  • In this game we float sticks down the river.
• 4

  From one end to another of (in any direction); along.

  • The bus went down the street.
  • They walked down the beach holding hands.
• 5

  At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).

  • I'll see you later down the pub.
• 6

  To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).

  • I'm going down the shops.

downadj詞源 1/ˈdaʊ̯n/

• 1

  Facing downwards.

  • Turn the cloth over so that the patterned side is down.
  • You win a dollar if the down side of the card is different to the up side; otherwise, you lose a dollar.
• 2

  At a lower level than before.

  • The stock market is down.
  • Prices are down.
• 3

  informalSad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.

  • Mary seems very down since she split up with her boyfriend.
  • Been down so long it seems like up to me
• 4

  Sick, wounded, or damaged:

  • He is down with the flu.
• 5

  slanggovernmentlaw-enforcementmilitarySick, wounded, or damaged:

  • We have an officer down outside the suspect's house.
  • There are three soldiers down and one walking wounded.
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  biologymedicinenatural-sciencesSick, wounded, or damaged:

  • a down cow
• 7

  slangaeronauticsaerospaceaviationSick, wounded, or damaged:

  • We have a chopper down near the river.
• 8

  Sick, wounded, or damaged:

  • The system is down.

downverb詞源 1/ˈdaʊ̯n/

• 1

  To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.

  • The storm downed several old trees along the highway.
  • A single rifle shot downed the mighty beast.
• 2

  To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.

  • The helicopter was downed by a surface-to-air missile.
• 3

  To lower; to put (something) down.

  • The bell rang for lunch, and the workers downed their tools.
• 4

  To defeat; to overpower.

  • To down proud hearts that would not willing die.
• 5

  To disparage; to put down.

  • ‘I remember how you downed Beauclerk and Hamilton, the Wits, once at our House, – when they talked of Ghosts.’
  • Now you have a social worker who downs women who are gay! […] I have met a woman and fell in love with her and I still get humiliated and discriminated against because he (social worker) is against homosexuality and is causing a lot of confusion here.
• 6

  obsoleterareTo go or come down; to descend.

  • ...that is, that the trade of the world is too little for us two, therefore one must down.
• 7

  To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.

  • He downed an ale and ordered another.
  • After watching people downing drink on the train, I am in need of slaking my own thirst, so I pop into the station's Centurion Bar.
• 8

  American-footballball-gamesfootballTo render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.

  • He downed it at the seven-yard line.

downnoun詞源 1/ˈdaʊ̯n/

• 1

  A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.

  • I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.
• 2

  datedA grudge (on someone).

  • She had a down on me. I don't know what for, I'm sure; because I never said a word.
• 3

  A downer, depressant.

  • I am on drugs that I don't need to be on. They feel if I'm on a lot of downs, then I won't complain about my prison life
• 4

  An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.

• 5

  American-footballball-gamesfootballA single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.

  • I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field.
• 6

  A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.

  • I haven't solved 12 or 13 across, but I've got most of the downs.
• 7

  gamblinggamesThe shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.

• 8

  A downstairs room of a two-story house.

  • She lives in a two-up two-down.

downnoun詞源 2/ˈdaʊ̯n/

• 1

  A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.

  • We went for a walk over the downs.
  • The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England.
• 2

  A field, especially one used for horse racing.

• 3

  A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.

  • Seven thousand broad-taild Sheepe gras'd on his Downes;

downnoun詞源 3/ˈdaʊ̯n/

• 1

  Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.

• 2

  biologybotanynatural-sciencesThe pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.

  • Down or Cotton-Thiſtle. This hath many large Leaves lying on the Ground, ſomewhat cut in, and as it were crumpled on the Edges, of a green Colour on the upper ſide, but covered with long hairy Wool or Cottony Down, ſet with moſt ſharp and cruel pricks
  • No candle should light it, neither should any flower adorn it, save for several dried stalks of old and withered thistles, their heads pale with silken down, held in a common glass jar.
• 3

  The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.

  • But love him as he was, when youthful Grace, And the firſt Down began to ſhade his face
  • The servant to whom he put this question was a young fellow with chubby cheeks, small, dull eyes, and a round chin, covered with a colorless down.
• 4

  That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.

  • Thou boſom Softneſs! Down of all my Cares! I cou'd recline my thoughts upon this Breaſt To a forgetfulneſs of all my Griefs, And yet be happy: but it wonnot be.
  • When in the down I sink my head, Sleep, Death's twin brother, times my breath.

downverb詞源 3/ˈdaʊ̯n/

• 1

  To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

  • What pain to quit the world, just made their own, Their nest so deeply downed, and built so high !