8-letter words that end in down
- backdown — an act of retreating from a previously asserted position
- beatdown — A physical beating or assault.
- bed down — If you bed down somewhere, you sleep there for the night, instead of in a bed.
- blowdown — an accident in a nuclear reactor in which a cooling pipe bursts causing the loss of essential coolant
- bog down — If a plan or process bogs down or if something bogs it down, it is delayed and no progress is made.
- bow down — If you refuse to bow down to another person, you refuse to show them respect or to behave in a way which you think would make you seem weaker or less important than them.
- buy-down — a subsidy for a long-term mortgage offered by a third party, as a builder or developer, to lower interest rates for a buyer in the early years of the loan.
- comedown — If you say that something is a comedown, you think that it is not as good as something else that you have just done or had.
- cooldown — a series of gentle stretching exercises conducted after strenuous activity in order to allow the heart rate to gradually return to normal
- cramdown — (legal) A court settlement in bankruptcy in which creditors receive less than they were owed.
- cry down — to belittle; disparage
- cut down — If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it.
- die down — If something dies down, it becomes very much quieter or less intense.
- drawdown — a lowering of water surface level, as in a well.
- dropdown — (computing, GUI, of a widget) Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated.
- facedown — with the face or the front or upper surface downward: He was lying facedown on the floor. Deal the cards facedown on the table.
- get down — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- gun down — shoot dead
- holddown — a clamp for holding a metal piece, as a sheet being deep-drawn, to prevent distortion or movement.
- jew down — one of a scattered group of people that traces its descent from the Biblical Hebrews or from postexilic adherents of Judaism; Israelite.
- kickdown — a method of changing gear in a car with automatic transmission, by fully depressing the accelerator
- lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- let down — British. a lease.
- lie down — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- lie-down — a nap.
- lockdown — the confining of prisoners to their cells, as following a riot or other disturbance.
- lookdown — the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
- low-down — If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- meltdown — network meltdown
- mow down — to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
- neckdown — An angled narrowing of the roadway and widening of the pavement, used as a traffic calming measure.
- one-down — having conceded an advantage or lead to someone or something
- pat-down — an act or instance of passing the hands over the body of a clothed person to detect concealed weapons, drugs, etc.; frisking.
- pay down — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- peg down — to make (a person) committed to a course of action or bound to follow rules
- pin down — a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- playdown — a play-off.
- pulldown — a mechanism that intermittently advances the film through the film gate of a camera or projector.
- pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
- put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- put-down — a landing of an aircraft.
- rig down — Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
- rub down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rub-down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- run down — melted or liquefied: run butter.
- run-down — fatigued; weary; exhausted.
- set down — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- showdown — the laying down of one's cards, face upward, in a card game, especially poker.
- shutdown — a shutting down, as of a factory, school, or machine; a termination or suspension of operations, services, or business activity: a partial government shutdown; an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
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