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Sentence count:195+90Posted:2016-07-17Updated:2020-07-24
Antonym: upSimilar words: downsgo downget downwidowhold downlay downwindowlie downMeaning: [daʊn]  n. 1. soft fine feathers 2. (American football) a complete play to advance the football 3. English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) 4. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil 5. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs). v. 1. drink down entirely 2. eat immoderately 3. bring down or defeat (an opponent) 4. shoot at and force to come down 5. cause to come or go down 6. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing. adj. 1. being or moving lower in position or less in some value 2. becoming progressively lower 3. understood perfectly 4. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place 5. being put out by a strikeout 6. lower than previously 7. shut 8. not functioning (temporarily or permanently) 9. low in spirits. adv. 1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position 2. away from a more central or a more northerly place 3. paid in cash at time of purchase 4. from an earlier time 5. to a lower intensity 6. in an inactive or inoperative state. 
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151. At closing time he reeled out of the pub and fell down on the pavement.
152. The car had carried him 500 miles before it broke down.
153. Go down the corridor, to the second room on the right.
154. She gulped down her drink and made a hasty exit.
155. He rudely stared down my friend in the corner of the street.
156. We bunked down in an old barn for the night.
157. Visibility was down to about 100 metres in the fog.
158. Two oxen yoked to a plough walked wearily up and down the field.
159. Some of the guns were melted down and used to help build a statue.
160. He clearly and decisively came down on the side of President Rafsanjani.
161. The doctor has said that I can start stepping down my medication in a few days' time.
162. If the snow isn't cleared from the roads quickly, it packs down hard and makes driving difficult.
163. The lorry had become hopelessly bogged down in the sand.
164. The brooch is a family heirloom which came down to her from her great - grandmother .
165. The apple tree was bowed down with the weight of its fruit.
166. They flagged down a passing family who stopped to help them.
167. Power lines were blown down and we had a blackout of several hours.
168. Are you comfortable or shall I turn the heat down?
169. My greetings come with affection for the nicest kind of birthday that could be wished for you.When this day comes to an end and you lie down to rest,(http://sentencedict.com/down.html)may the peace of a golden dream be filled with happiness.
170. It would be a crying shame if the village shop closed down.
171. I'd only gone a little way down the street when I remembered I hadn't locked the door[sentencedict.com], so I made/did a quick about-turn and ran back to the house.
172. Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
173. When the rain came down the crowds started to disperse.
174. Once we got home, there was barely time to enjoy our presents. We had to go off to our grandparents' house for our annual Christmas dinner. As we drove down the highway through town, I noticed that the family was still there, standing outside the closed gas station.
175. We should use our secondary forces to pin down several enemy columns.
176. Visibility on the roads is down to 20 metres due to heavy fog.
177. She was knocked down by a car and badly mangled.
178. The butterfly is black and white with a blue stripe running down each wing.
179. It's amazing how much computers have come down in price over the past few years.
180. Although it was only his first offence, the court handed down an eight-year sentence.
More similar words: downsgo downget downwidowhold downlay downwindowlie downput downrun downset downdo withdowntownhand downcut downcome downslow downtake downturn downbeat downtear downpull downdown withget down tokeep downtouchdownwrite downdo withouttrack downdrink down
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