ALL meanings of downs
down
D d - adverb downs from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder. 1
- adverb downs on or to the ground, floor, or bottom: He fell down. 1
- adverb downs to or in a sitting or lying position. 1
- adverb downs to or in a position, area, or district considered lower, especially from a geographical or cartographic standpoint, as to the south, a business district, etc.: We drove from San Francisco down to Los Angeles. 1
- adverb downs to or at a lower value or rate. 1
- adverb downs to a lesser pitch or volume: Turn down the radio. 1
- adverb downs in or to a calmer, less active, or less prominent state: The wind died down. 1
- adverb downs from an earlier to a later time: from the 17th century down to the present. 1
- adverb downs from a greater to a lesser strength, amount, etc.: to water down liquor. 1
- adverb downs in an attitude of earnest application: to get down to work. 1
- adverb downs on paper or in a book: Write down the address. 1
- adverb downs in cash at the time of purchase; at once: We paid $50 down and $20 a month. 1
- adverb downs to the point of defeat, submission, inactivity, etc.: They shouted down the opposition. 1
- adverb downs in or into a fixed or supine position: They tied down the struggling animal. 1
- adverb downs to the source or actual position: The dogs tracked down the bear. 1
- adverb downs into a condition of ill health: He's come down with a cold. 1
- adverb downs in or into a lower status or condition: kept down by lack of education. 1
- adverb downs Nautical. toward the lee side, so as to turn a vessel to windward: Put the helm down! 1
- adverb downs Slang. on toast (as used in ordering a sandwich at a lunch counter or restaurant): Give me a tuna down. 1
- preposition downs in a descending or more remote direction or place on, over, or along: They ran off down the street. 1
- adjective downs filled with down: a down jacket. 1
- noun downs a range of low ridges in S and SW England. 1
- noun downs a roadstead in the Strait of Dover, between SE England and Goodwin Sands. 1
- verb with object downs to put, knock, or throw down; subdue: He downed his opponent in the third round. 1
- verb with object downs to drink down, especially quickly or in one gulp: to down a tankard of ale. 1
- verb with object downs Informal. to defeat in a game or contest: The Mets downed the Dodgers in today's game. 1
- verb with object downs to cause to fall from a height, especially by shooting: Antiaircraft guns downed ten bombers. 1
- verb without object downs to go down; fall. 1
- idioms downs down and out, down-and-out. 1
- idioms downs down cold / pat, mastered or learned perfectly: Another hour of studying and I'll have the math lesson down cold. 1
- idioms downs down in the mouth, discouraged; depressed; sad. 1
- idioms downs down on, Informal. hostile or averse to: Why are you so down on sports? 1
- idioms downs down with!, away with! cease!: Down with tyranny! on or toward the ground or into a lower position: Down with your rifles! 1
- noun downs Plural form of down. 1
- noun plural downs Downs are areas of gentle hills with few trees. 0
- noun plural downs rolling upland, esp in the chalk areas of S Britain, characterized by lack of trees and used mainly as pasture 0
- noun plural downs a flat grassy area, not necessarily of uplands 0
- noun downs any of various ranges of low chalk hills in S England, esp the South Downs in Sussex 0
- noun downs a roadstead off the SE coast of Kent, protected by the Goodwin Sands 0
- noun downs thetwo parallel ranges of low, grassy hills (North Downs & South Downs) in SE England 0
- noun downs thenaturally protected anchorage in the Strait of Dover, England 0
- noun downs plural of down. 0
- verb downs third-person singular simple present indicative form of down. 0