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verb
- (transitive) To pay back; to repay.
- (transitive) To pay and discharge (an employee).
- (nautical) To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.
- (transitive) To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed).
- (intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.
- (transitive, informal) To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
- yield a profit or result
- eliminate by paying off (debts)
- take vengeance on or get even
- pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
- do or give something to somebody in return
- pay off (loans or promissory notes)
verb
- make repayment for or return something
- pay back
- Synonym of pay back in all senses.
- answer back
- act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
- (transitive) To give in return; requite.
- (nautical) To pay (cover with tar, pitch, etc.) again.
- (transitive) To make worthwhile; to yield a result worth the effort; to pay off.
verb
- make repayment for or return something
- To recompense, to repay.
- To repay (someone) a debt owed; specifically, to recompense or reward (someone) for a favour, a service rendered, etc.
- To repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)
- To retaliate, to seek revenge.
- To retaliate or seek revenge for (an insult, a wrong, etc.).; to avenge.
- To do or give a thing in return for (something).
- To respond to or reciprocate (feelings, especially affection or love which has been shown).
- To retaliate or seek revenge against (someone) for an insult, a wrong, etc.; also (reflexive, rare), to seek revenge for (oneself).
noun
noun
noun
- an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made
- the act of receiving
- The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
- A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
- (usually in the plural) (A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc.
- (Internet slang, usually in the plural, by extension) (A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing.
- (in the plural) A quantity or amount received; takings.
verb
verb
- pay back
- go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
- make a return
- give back
- elect again
- answer back
- go back to a previous state
- be restored
- be inherited by
- return to a previous position; in mathematics
- return in kind
- submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
- go back to something earlier
- bring back to the point of departure
- give or supply
- pass down
- To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
- (cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
- (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
- (transitive) To say in reply; to respond.
- (intransitive, computing) To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
- (transitive, computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
- (transitive) To take back something to a vendor for a complete or partial refund.
- (fencing) To give a thrust or cut after parrying a sword-thrust.
- (transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
- (transitive) To report, or bring back and make known.
- (transitive) To reciprocate (a visit or telephone call).
- (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
- (card games) To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
- (tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
- (intransitive) To recur; to come again.
- (transitive) To place or put back something where it had been.
noun
- (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
- the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
- the act of going back to a prior location
- a reciprocal group action
- a coming to or returning home
- document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
- getting something back again
- a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
- the act of someone appearing again
- happening again (especially at regular intervals)
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- (American football) The act of catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
- An answer.
- An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
- (computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
- (computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
- The act of returning.
- (computing) A carriage return character.
- Gain or loss from an investment.
- (taxation, finance) A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return.
- A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from a central plant).
- (architecture) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.
- A return ticket.
- A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
- (cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
- (business) An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect.
- (mining) A roadway along which foul air travels from the face on its way out of the mine.
noun
- that which is deserved or owed
- a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership)
- That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
- Right; just title or claim.
- (in the plural) A membership fee.
- Deserved acknowledgment.
adj
- owed and payable immediately or on demand
- suitable to or expected in the circumstances
- scheduled to arrive
- capable of being assigned or credited to
- On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass.
- Owed or owing.
- Appropriate.
- Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
- Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
- Scheduled; expected.
adv
noun
- A payment or other recompense for something done.
- The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
- (law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.
- Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.
- Importance or regard; a claim to notice or attention.
- The tendency to consider others and make allowances for their needs or desires.
- kind and considerate regard for others
- a considerate and thoughtful act
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting)
- a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone
- the process of giving careful thought to something
noun
- a written promise to repay a debt
- a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor
- the state of being obligated to do or pay something
- a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply
- the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
- A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
- The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
- (countable) Reason for being obliged to, that is, grateful for, something.
- A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.
- (law) A legal agreement stipulating a specified action or forbearance by a party to the agreement; the document containing such agreement.
verb
- (transitive) To refund; to repay; to pay back.
- (transitive, rare) To place again.
- (transitive) To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
- (transitive) To take over the position or role from.
- (transitive) To take the place of; to be used instead of.
- (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
- (transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place.
- (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- put something back where it belongs
- take the place or move into the position of
- substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
verb
- to pay back money that is owed
- to get ready for a fight
- to adopt a fighting stance
- to face (someone) in a contest
- (transitive, machining, die making) To mill (blocks, inserts, etc) into precisely square condition.
- even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
- make square
- settle conclusively; come to terms
noun
- money or goods or services owed by one person to another
- an obligation to pay or do something
- the state of owing something (especially money)
- (law) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due
- The state or condition of owing something to another.
- An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
- (finance) Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
adv
- As a down payment.
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- (crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- From less to greater detail.
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- (sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- from an earlier time
- in an inactive or inoperative state
- to a lower intensity
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- paid in cash at time of purchase
adj
- (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- (veterinary medicine, of a cow) Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
- (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.
- (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- (slang) In prison.
- (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
- (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
- Facing downwards.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- being put out in a game of baseball
- lower than previously
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- understood perfectly
- becoming progressively lower
- shut
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
noun
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- (UK, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- (gambling) The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
- (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.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- (especially Southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
- (crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- Down payment.
- A downer, depressant.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- soft fine feathers
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
- (UK, Ireland) To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
- (UK, Ireland) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From the higher end to the lower of.
verb
- (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.
- (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower.
- (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- shoot at and force to come down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- drink down entirely
- cause to come or go down
verb
- (ambitransitive) To pay out (money).
- To exhaust, to wear out.
- (mining) To break ground; to continue working.
- To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
- (intransitive) To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
- To be diffused; to spread.
- To consume, to use up (time).
- spend completely
- pay out
- use up a period of time in a specific way
noun
noun
noun
- an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made
- the act of receiving
- The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
- A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
- (usually in the plural) (A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc.
- (Internet slang, usually in the plural, by extension) (A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing.
- (in the plural) A quantity or amount received; takings.
verb
noun
- that which is deserved or owed
- a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership)
- That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
- Right; just title or claim.
- (in the plural) A membership fee.
- Deserved acknowledgment.
adj
- owed and payable immediately or on demand
- suitable to or expected in the circumstances
- scheduled to arrive
- capable of being assigned or credited to
- On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass.
- Owed or owing.
- Appropriate.
- Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
- Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
- Scheduled; expected.
adv
noun
- A payment or other recompense for something done.
- The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
- (law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.
- Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.
- Importance or regard; a claim to notice or attention.
- The tendency to consider others and make allowances for their needs or desires.
- kind and considerate regard for others
- a considerate and thoughtful act
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting)
- a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone
- the process of giving careful thought to something
noun
- a written promise to repay a debt
- a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor
- the state of being obligated to do or pay something
- a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply
- the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
- A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
- The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
- (countable) Reason for being obliged to, that is, grateful for, something.
- A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.
- (law) A legal agreement stipulating a specified action or forbearance by a party to the agreement; the document containing such agreement.
noun
- money or goods or services owed by one person to another
- an obligation to pay or do something
- the state of owing something (especially money)
- (law) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due
- The state or condition of owing something to another.
- An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
- (finance) Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
verb
- (transitive) To pay back; to repay.
- (transitive) To pay and discharge (an employee).
- (nautical) To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.
- (transitive) To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed).
- (intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.
- (transitive, informal) To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
- yield a profit or result
- eliminate by paying off (debts)
- take vengeance on or get even
- pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
- do or give something to somebody in return
- pay off (loans or promissory notes)
verb
- make repayment for or return something
- pay back
- Synonym of pay back in all senses.
- answer back
- act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
- (transitive) To give in return; requite.
- (nautical) To pay (cover with tar, pitch, etc.) again.
- (transitive) To make worthwhile; to yield a result worth the effort; to pay off.
verb
- make repayment for or return something
- To recompense, to repay.
- To repay (someone) a debt owed; specifically, to recompense or reward (someone) for a favour, a service rendered, etc.
- To repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)
- To retaliate, to seek revenge.
- To retaliate or seek revenge for (an insult, a wrong, etc.).; to avenge.
- To do or give a thing in return for (something).
- To respond to or reciprocate (feelings, especially affection or love which has been shown).
- To retaliate or seek revenge against (someone) for an insult, a wrong, etc.; also (reflexive, rare), to seek revenge for (oneself).
noun
verb
- pay back
- go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
- make a return
- give back
- elect again
- answer back
- go back to a previous state
- be restored
- be inherited by
- return to a previous position; in mathematics
- return in kind
- submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
- go back to something earlier
- bring back to the point of departure
- give or supply
- pass down
- To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
- (cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
- (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
- (transitive) To say in reply; to respond.
- (intransitive, computing) To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
- (transitive, computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
- (transitive) To take back something to a vendor for a complete or partial refund.
- (fencing) To give a thrust or cut after parrying a sword-thrust.
- (transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
- (transitive) To report, or bring back and make known.
- (transitive) To reciprocate (a visit or telephone call).
- (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
- (card games) To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
- (tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
- (intransitive) To recur; to come again.
- (transitive) To place or put back something where it had been.
noun
- (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
- the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
- the act of going back to a prior location
- a reciprocal group action
- a coming to or returning home
- document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
- getting something back again
- a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
- the act of someone appearing again
- happening again (especially at regular intervals)
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- (American football) The act of catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
- An answer.
- An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
- (computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
- (computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
- The act of returning.
- (computing) A carriage return character.
- Gain or loss from an investment.
- (taxation, finance) A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return.
- A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from a central plant).
- (architecture) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.
- A return ticket.
- A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
- (cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
- (business) An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect.
- (mining) A roadway along which foul air travels from the face on its way out of the mine.
verb
- (transitive) To refund; to repay; to pay back.
- (transitive, rare) To place again.
- (transitive) To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
- (transitive) To take over the position or role from.
- (transitive) To take the place of; to be used instead of.
- (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
- (transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place.
- (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- put something back where it belongs
- take the place or move into the position of
- substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
verb
- to pay back money that is owed
- to get ready for a fight
- to adopt a fighting stance
- to face (someone) in a contest
- (transitive, machining, die making) To mill (blocks, inserts, etc) into precisely square condition.
- even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
- make square
- settle conclusively; come to terms
verb
- (ambitransitive) To pay out (money).
- To exhaust, to wear out.
- (mining) To break ground; to continue working.
- To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
- (intransitive) To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
- To be diffused; to spread.
- To consume, to use up (time).
- spend completely
- pay out
- use up a period of time in a specific way
noun
adv
- As a down payment.
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- (crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- From less to greater detail.
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- (sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- from an earlier time
- in an inactive or inoperative state
- to a lower intensity
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- paid in cash at time of purchase
adj
- (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- (veterinary medicine, of a cow) Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
- (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.
- (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- (slang) In prison.
- (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
- (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
- Facing downwards.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- being put out in a game of baseball
- lower than previously
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- understood perfectly
- becoming progressively lower
- shut
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
noun
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- (UK, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- (gambling) The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
- (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.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- (especially Southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
- (crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- Down payment.
- A downer, depressant.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- soft fine feathers
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
- (UK, Ireland) To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
- (UK, Ireland) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From the higher end to the lower of.
verb
- (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.
- (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower.
- (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- shoot at and force to come down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- drink down entirely
- cause to come or go down