All downs synonyms
down
D d noun downs
- fee β a charge or payment for professional services: a doctor's fee.
- fluff β light, downy particles, as of cotton.
- pause β a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- pile β the lower of two dies for coining by hand.
- disgrace β the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- discomfort β an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- outrage β an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
- ache β If you ache or a part of your body aches, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain.
- remittance β the sending of money, checks, etc., to a recipient at a distance.
- comforter β A comforter is a person or thing that comforts you.
- bedspread β A bedspread is a decorative cover which is put over a bed, on top of the sheets and blankets.
- blanket β A blanket is a large square or rectangular piece of thick cloth, especially one which you put on a bed to keep you warm.
- plume β a feather.
- fringe β a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
verb downs
- drink β to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- subside β to sink to a low or lower level.
- upset β to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- calm β A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- consume β If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- consume β If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- better β Better is the comparative of good.
- beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- come to pass β to take place
- gulp β to gasp or choke, as when taking large drafts of a liquid.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- drink β to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- slurp β to ingest (food or drink) with loud sucking noises: He slurped his coffee.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- recede β to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- decelerate β When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced.
- melt β to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
- assimilate β When people such as immigrants assimilate into a community or when that community assimilates them, they become an accepted part of it.
- handicap β a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- fall back β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- impede β to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
- crimp β If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
- drink β to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- hamper β to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- eat β to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
- mitigate β to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- dilute β to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.
- minimize β to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- impair β to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- narrow β of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- fall away β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- ease off β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- taper off β to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- shoot β to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- choke off β To choke off financial growth means to restrict or control the rate at which a country's economy can grow.
- tumble β to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium; plunge headlong: to tumble down the stairs.