9-letter words that end in down
- back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
- bear down — If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way.
- beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- beat-down — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- belt down — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- blow down — to open a valve in a steam boiler to eject any sediment that has collected
- boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
- bolt down — fasten, secure sth
- breakdown — The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
- bringdown — a disappointment
- builddown — a planned numerical reduction, esp of nuclear weapons where, for every new weapon built, two or more older weapons are destroyed
- burn down — If a building burns down or if someone burns it down, it is completely destroyed by fire.
- call down — to request or invoke
- call-down — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- calm down — If you calm down, or if someone calms you down, you become less angry, upset, or excited.
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- chop down — If you chop down a tree, you cut through its trunk with an axe so that it falls to the ground.
- chow down — If you chow down on something, you eat a large amount of it quickly and with enthusiasm.
- clampdown — A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
- climbdown — A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
- closedown — a termination or suspension of operations; shutdown: a temporary closedown of a factory.
- come down — If the cost, level, or amount of something comes down, it becomes less than it was before.
- cool down — If someone cools down or if you cool them down, they become less angry than they were.
- copy down — If you copy down something that someone has said or written, you write it down exactly.
- countdown — A countdown is the counting aloud of numbers in reverse order before something happens, especially before a spacecraft is launched.
- crackdown — A crackdown is strong official action that is taken to punish people who break laws.
- damp down — To damp down something such as a strong emotion, an argument, or a crisis means to make it calmer or less intense.
- deep down — If you know something deep down or deep down inside, you know that it is true, but you are not always conscious of it or willing to admit it to yourself.
- dial down — to reduce or become reduced
- drag down — demoralize
- draw down — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- drop-down — computer menu, list: displayed when selected
- dumb down — lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
- dust down — wipe clean
- eiderdown — Small, soft feathers from the breast of the female eider duck.
- face down — Also, face-down. Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.
- fake-down — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- fall down — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- flag down — a piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design, usually attached at one edge to a staff or cord, and used as the symbol of a nation, state, or organization, as a means of signaling, etc.; ensign; standard; banner; pennant.
- fold-down — designed to be folded out for use and collapsed when not in use: a fold-down tray on the back of an airplane seat; a fold-down trailer for camping.
- gear down — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- goosedown — Down from a goose.
- gulp down — food, drink: swallow quickly
- hand down — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hold down — 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.
- hose down — spray sth clean
- howl down — to utter a loud, prolonged, mournful cry, as that of a dog or wolf.
- hull down — the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship.
- hunt down — to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- keep down — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
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