All downs antonyms
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D d verb downs
- organise β to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- validate β to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- sanction β authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- straighten β make straight
- approve β If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- pass β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- please β (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- hoard β a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- hasten β to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- hurry β to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- unblock β to remove a block or obstruction from: to unblock a channel; to unblock a person's credit.
- speed β rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- persevere β to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly.
- further β at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- promote β to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- do β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- rush β to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- hearten β to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- delight β Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- gladden β to make glad.
- inspirit β to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- preserve β to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- receive β to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- regurgitate β to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, undigested food, etc.
- disbelieve β to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- doubt β to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- protect β to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- misunderstand β to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- offer β to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- unfasten β to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
- forget β to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- idle β not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- discontinue β to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
noun downs
- interior β being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
- middle β equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
- debt β A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone.
- penalty β a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- whole β comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- assistance β If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- continuation β The continuation of something is the fact that it continues, rather than stopping.
- beginning β The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.