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[edit] Etymology 1
Old English dūn. Cognate with Middle Dutch dune "sandy hill," Old Irish dún "hill, fort." Note the second syllable of London, Verdun, etc. From Proto-Germanic *dana (“‘prefix used before verbs (eg: dana-zeran, ‘to tear down’)’”). Compare dune, town.
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down (countable and uncountable; plural downs)
- (obsolete except in place-names) Hill, rolling grassland (such as "Churchill Downs", "Upson Downs" from Auntie Mame, by Patrick Dennis).
- (usually plural) Field, especially for racing.
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Old English dūne, aphetic form of adūne, from of dūne (“‘off the hill’”).
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down (incomparable and comparable), (comparative farther down, superlative farthest down)
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- The cat jumped down from the table.
- (comparable) At a lower place or position.
- His place is farther down the road.
- South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- I went down to Miami for a conference.
- (Hiberno English) Away from the city (even if the location is to the North).
- He went down to Cavan. Down on the farm. Down country.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- The computer has been shut down.
- They closed the shop down.
- (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- (sentence substitute) Get down.
- Down, boy! (said to a dog)
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down
- From one end to another; especially, from a higher end to a lower.
- The ball rolled down the hill.
- The bus went down the street.
- They walked down the beach holding hands.
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down (comparative more down, superlative most down)
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- Depressed, feeling low.
- So, things got you down? / Is Rodney Dangerfield giving you no respect? / Well, bunky, cheer up!
- On a lower level than before.
- The stock market is down.
- Prices are down.
- (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to
- Ever since Nixon, I've been down on Republicans.
- (not comparable, US, slang) With "with", relaxed about, accepting of
- I'm down with him hanging with us.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- The system is down.
- Of a task; finished in phrases like
- Two down and three to go. (Two tasks completed and three more still to be done.)
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to down (third-person singular simple present downs, present participle downing, simple past and past participle downed)
- (transitive) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- He downed an ale and ordered another.
- (transitive) To cause to come down.
- The storm downed several old trees along the highway.
- (transitive, pocket billiards) To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball.
- He downed two balls on the break.
- (transitive, American football) To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while it is on the ground.
- He downed it at the seven-yard line.
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down (plural downs)
- (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
- I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field.
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[edit] Etymology 3
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down (plural downs)
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
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[edit] Dutch
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From English down.
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- IPA: /daʊn/
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down (used only predicatively)
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[edit] German
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From English down.
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down (not comparable)