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being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today" down(a): becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market" understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down" toss off: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work" down(a): extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream" spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward" soft fine feathers devour: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" down(p): being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the ninth" away from a more central or a more northerly place; "was sent down to work at the regional office"; "worked down on the farm"; "came down for the wedding"; "flew down to Florida" bring down or defeat (an opponent) (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards" depressed: lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down" paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on the necklace" English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" shut; "the shades were down" from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son" not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down" cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet" to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black" (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again" polish: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing" blue: low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
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| downy mildew |
any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons
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| Down syndrome |
mongolism: a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation
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| Down's syndrome |
mongolism: a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation
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| downer |
sedative: a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
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