DICTOMETER

DOWNS

(down, abajo, ned, nede, nedover)

1. Synonyms:
   • Down
   • Down feather
   Definitions:
   • soft fine feathers
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Down
   Definitions:
   • (American football) a complete play to advance the football
   Examples:
   • You have four downs to gain ten yards
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Down
   • John L. H. Down
   Definitions:
   • English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Down
   Definitions:
   • (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Down
   • Pile
   Definitions:
   • fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Toss off
   • Pop
   • Bolt down
   • Belt down
   • Pour down
   • Down
   • Drink down
   • Kill
   Definitions:
   • drink down entirely
   Examples:
   • He downed three martinis before dinner
   • She killed a bottle of brandy that night
   • They popped a few beer after work
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Devour
   • Down
   • Consume
   • Go through
   Definitions:
   • eat immoderately
   Examples:
   • Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Down
   Definitions:
   • bring down or defeat (an opponent)
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Down
   • Shoot down
   • Land
   Definitions:
   • shoot at and force to come down
   Examples:
   • The enemy landed several of our aircraft
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Down
   • Knock down
   • Cut down
   • Push down
   • Pull down
   Definitions:
   • cause to come or go down
   Examples:
   • The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
   • The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Polish
   • Refine
   • Fine-tune
   • Down
   Definitions:
   • improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
   Examples:
   • Refine one's style of writing