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noun
adj
- curving inward
- (geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) Not convex; having at least one internal angle greater than 180 degrees.
- Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.
- Hollow; empty.
- (functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) Satisfying the property that all segments connecting two points on the function's graph lie below the function.
noun
- (gambling) A playing card made concave for use in cheating.
- (surfing) An indentation running along the base of a surfboard, intended to increase lift.
- (skateboarding) An indented area on the top of a skateboard, providing a position for foot placement and increasing board strength.
- (manufacturing) An element of a curved grid used to separate desirable material from tailings or chaff in mining and harvesting.
- The vault of the sky.
- A concave surface or curve.
- One of the celestial spheres of the Ptolemaic or geocentric model of the world.
verb
verb
- slope downwards
- appear to move downward
- dip into a liquid
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- dip into a liquid while eating
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- lower briefly
- take a small amount from
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- go down momentarily
- (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
- (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (transitive) To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing.
- (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To leave; to quit or abandon.
- (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- (transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- (transitive) To immerse for baptism.
- (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- (transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- (intransitive) To sink, drop, or slope downwards.
noun
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief immersion
- a brief swim in water
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- (informal) A foolish person.
- (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sauce for dipping.
- (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- (bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
- (finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
- (uncountable) Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.
- (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- A dip stick.
- (ABDL, informal, uncommon) A diaper; diap, dipe.
- (informal) A diplomat.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- (dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (UK, dialect, uncountable, Birmingham) Fried bread.
noun
verb
- slope downward
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- lose one's chastity
- yield to temptation or sin
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- lose an upright position suddenly
- move in a specified direction
- begin vigorously
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be due
- be inherited by
- come out; issue
- occur at a specified time or place
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- lose office or power
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- come under, be classified or included
- come into the possession of
- fall or flow in a certain way
- come as if by falling
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- fall from clouds
- be captured
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- be cast down
- to be given by right or inheritance
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- go as if by falling
- To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
- (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
- To come down, to drop or descend.
- (copulative, in idiomatic expressions) To become (chiefly used with negative states).
- (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
- To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
- To come as if by dropping down.
- To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
- (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
- (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
- (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
- (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
- (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
- (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
- (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
- To be brought to the ground.
- (intransitive, of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To visit; to go to a place.
noun
- a downward slope or bend
- a movement downward
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- (nautical) The chasing of a hunted whale.
- A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
- That which falls or cascades.
- The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
- (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
- A loss of greatness or status.
- An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
- The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
- (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
- (nautical) The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
- A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
- The height of that which falls or cascades.
- (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
- (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
intj
adv
verb
- To go in a downward direction.
- To strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple.
- To strike from above.
- To move downward in a striking motion.
- To play a stringed instrument with a downward plucking motion.
- (masonry) To point (finish a joint) by pressing mortar in at the bottom.
- To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.
- (of current or lightning) To arc to ground in a downstrike.
adj
noun
- A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
- A bolt of lightning that touches ground.
- A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.
- A type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises.
- A line that is drawn with a downward stroke.
- (electrical engineering) A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
- A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
- A variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action.
noun
- The act of inclining downward.
- The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
- An act or process of immersing.
- (US) The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
- (birdwatching) The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird.
- The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
verb
noun
- a downward slope or bend
- the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
- process of changing to an inferior state
- a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms
- A falling off, decay or descent.
- (grammar) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
- (grammar) The product of that act; a list of declined forms.
- (grammar) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.
noun
- a downward slope or bend
- a polite refusal of an invitation
- a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline
- (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere
- A refusal.
- (linguistics, prosody) The gradual decline in the overall fundamental frequency or pitch of speech over the course of an utterance, independent of local variations such as tones and pitch accents.
- At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.
- At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane.
noun
- a downward slope or bend
- a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline
- change toward something smaller or lower
- a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
- Downward movement, fall.
- A reduction or diminution of activity, prevalence or quantity.
- A deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening.
- A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
- The act of declining or refusing something.
verb
- go down
- not accept as true
- show unwillingness towards
- inflect for number, gender, case, etc.
- grow smaller
- fall in value
- grow worse
- (intransitive) To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
- (by extension) To run through from first to last; to recite in order as though declining a noun.
- (transitive) To cause to decrease or diminish.
- (transitive) To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
- (transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.
- (American football, Canadian football) To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.
- (transitive) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
- (intransitive) To become weaker or worse.
- To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
- (transitive, grammar) To recite all the different declined forms of (a word): to recite its declension.
noun
- a downward slope or bend
- a movement downward
- the act of changing your location in a downward direction
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
- properties attributable to your ancestry
- A way down.
- A falling upon or invasion.
- (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing.
- An instance of descending; act of coming down.
- A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
- Lineage or hereditary derivation.
- A sloping passage or incline.
adj
adv
adj
- directed downward
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- Of a person or thing: defeated, overthrown; also, destroyed, ruined.
- Of a thing: directed downwards.
- Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
- Of a person or thing: cast or thrown to the ground.
- Of a person: feeling despondent or discouraged.
noun
- a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
- (countable, mining, chiefly attributive) A ventilating shaft down which air passes in circulating through a mine.
- (countable) An act of looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty; hence (uncountable, archaic), dejection, melancholy.
- (countable, computing) A cast (“change of expression of a data type”) from supertype to subtype.
verb
- To cast or throw (something) downwards; also, to drop or lower (something).
- (figurative) To make (someone) feel despondent or discouraged; to discourage, to sadden.
- To turn (the eyes) downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
- (computing) To cast (“change the expression of”) (a data type) from supertype to subtype.
- (Scotland) To reproach or upbraid (someone); also, to taunt (someone).
- To demolish or tear down (a building, etc.).
verb
- move downward
- deplete
- use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
- examine hastily
- trace
- pursue until captured
- injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
- (transitive, intransitive) To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
- (transitive) To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
- (transitive, typography) To move (some copy) down to the next line.
- (British, transitive) To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.
- (nautical, transitive) To run against and sink, as a vessel.
- (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To approach (someone, thing or place) aggressively, as to attack.
- (transitive) To read quickly a list or other short text.
- To decline in quality or condition.
- (transitive) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.
- (hunting) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.
- (transitive) To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary.
- (transitive) To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
- (transitive) To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
verb
- take a downward direction
- make lower or quieter
- refuse entrance or membership
- reject with contempt
- not accept as true
- (idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.
- (idiomatic) To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction; to double or fold down.
- (idiomatic) To reduce the power, etc. of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
verb
- appear to move downward
- fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
- descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- embed deeply
- go under
- cause to sink
- fall or sink heavily
- (intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
- (transitive) To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.
- (intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
- (ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
- (transitive) To push (something) into something.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
- (transitive, slang) To drink (especially something alcoholic).
- (transitive, slang) To pay absolutely.
- (transitive) To make by digging or delving.
- (transitive, snooker, pool, billiards, golf) To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.
- (intransitive, figuratively, of the heart or spirit) To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.
- (intransitive) To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
noun
- a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
- plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
- (graph theory) A destination vertex in a transportation network.
- A place that absorbs resources or energy.
- (theater) A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.
- A drain for carrying off wastewater.
- A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
- A basin used for holding water for washing.
- A depression in a stereotype plate.
- (computing, programming) An object or callback that captures events.
- (game development) One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation.
- (uncountable) Descending motion; descent.
- (baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
- (geology) A sinkhole.
- (ecology) A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
- (graph theory) A node in directed graph for which all of its edges go into it; one with no outgoing edges.
- A heat sink.
- (mining) An excavation smaller than a shaft.
- An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
verb
noun
adv
adj
- Toward the south; southward.
- (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical south.
- Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
- (meteorology, of wind) from the south.
- Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
- situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south
noun
- (physics) The negative or south pole of a magnet
- The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
- The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.
- (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
- the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point
- a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
- the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
verb
verb
- (ergative) To bend or curve, particularly downward.
- (intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
- (transitive and intransitive) To debut.
- (transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend or incline, figuratively; to humble or subdue.
- about to
- (transitive) To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- (intransitive) To defer (to something).
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
- play on a stringed instrument with a bow
intj
noun
- (music) A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- (nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- (nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
- (saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddle tree.
- Alternative form of bao; any of several Chinese buns and breads
- (archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- Either of the two handles of a pair of scissors.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
- (rowing) The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
- something curved in shape
- a decorative interlacing of ribbons
- a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
- a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
- a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
- a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
- an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
- bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
- front part of a vessel or aircraft
adj
- Having a downward inclination or slope.
- Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
- Lying face-down.
- (figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined.
- (military, video games) Shooting from a position while lying down.
- lying face downward
- having a tendency (to); often used in combination
verb
adj
- Facing downwards.
- (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].
- 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
adv
- 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.
- As a down payment.
- 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
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
adj
noun
verb
adj
- bent or curved backward
- Bent or curved backwards.
- pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the underside of the tongue approaches or touches the palate.
- (phonetics, general sense) Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
verb
noun
- (phonetics, general sense) Any of the aforementioned consonants.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
verb
- (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
- To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
- (transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
- To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
- (intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
- To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
- To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.
- sag, bend, bend over or down
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
- descend swiftly, as if on prey
- debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
noun
- (architecture, chiefly New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
- (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
- A stooping, bent position of the body.
- A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
- (architecture, US) The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
- An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
- small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
- basin for holy water
- an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
noun
- A curving inwards; the condition of being curved inwards.
- The act of acquiring or being given a curved form; an instance of curving or bending.
- The state of being curved or bent; any curved shape or formation; curvature; a curve; a bend.
- a shape that curves or bends inward
- the action of creating a curved shape
noun
- a curve that reverses the direction of something
- the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
- an aberrant sexual practice
- The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
- Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
- The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
- (geometry) Tendril perversion.
- A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
adv
adj
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- twice as great or many
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- large enough for two
- (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
- (music) Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Stooping; bent over.
noun
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
- (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- (cricket) The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
- (Christianity) A double feast.
- (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- (programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
- (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- (rowing) A boat for two scullers.
- (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- (music) A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- (darts) A hit on this ring.
- (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- (baseball) A two-base hit.
- (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
- (billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
verb
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- increase twofold
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make or do or perform again
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
- (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- (intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]
- (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- (theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
- (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
- (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- (espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
- (transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- (card games, intransitive) To double down.
- (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- (transitive) To multiply by two.
- (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- (intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
adj
- Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise.
- Insincere or malicious.
- (occult, of magic) Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo; following the left-hand path
- Awkward or maladroit.
- Of a coordinate system: not following the right-hand rule.
- Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
- Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand.
- ironically ambiguous
- rotating to the left
- lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
- (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior
- (of marriages) illicit or informal
- using or intended for the left hand
noun
verb
noun
- A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
- A circumference; a circle; a ring.
- (horology) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.
- (architecture) The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.
- (figuratively) An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.
- An edge or border.
- (UK, historical) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
- (architecture) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
- An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
- (UK, Western Australia, New Zealand) The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
- a ceremonial or emblematic staff
- the limit beyond which something happens or changes
- a grass border along a road
- a region marking a boundary
verb
noun
- (aviation) The curvature of an airfoil.
- A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
- (architecture) An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.
- The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.
- (nautical) A small enclosed dock in which timber for masts (etc.) is kept to weather.
- (automotive) The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.
- the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top
- a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
- a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
noun
noun
noun
- The act of inclining downward.
- The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
- An act or process of immersing.
- (US) The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
- (birdwatching) The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird.
- The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
verb
verb
- slope downward
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- lose one's chastity
- yield to temptation or sin
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- lose an upright position suddenly
- move in a specified direction
- begin vigorously
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be due
- be inherited by
- come out; issue
- occur at a specified time or place
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- lose office or power
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- come under, be classified or included
- come into the possession of
- fall or flow in a certain way
- come as if by falling
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- fall from clouds
- be captured
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- be cast down
- to be given by right or inheritance
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- go as if by falling
- To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
- (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
- To come down, to drop or descend.
- (copulative, in idiomatic expressions) To become (chiefly used with negative states).
- (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
- To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
- To come as if by dropping down.
- To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
- (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
- (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
- (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
- (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
- (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
- (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
- (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
- To be brought to the ground.
- (intransitive, of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To visit; to go to a place.
noun
- a downward slope or bend
- a movement downward
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- (nautical) The chasing of a hunted whale.
- A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
- That which falls or cascades.
- The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
- (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
- A loss of greatness or status.
- An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
- The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
- (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
- (nautical) The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
- A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
- The height of that which falls or cascades.
- (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
- (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
intj
noun
- a downward slope or bend
- the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
- process of changing to an inferior state
- a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms
- A falling off, decay or descent.
- (grammar) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
- (grammar) The product of that act; a list of declined forms.
- (grammar) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.
noun
- a downward slope or bend
- a polite refusal of an invitation
- a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline
- (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere
- A refusal.
- (linguistics, prosody) The gradual decline in the overall fundamental frequency or pitch of speech over the course of an utterance, independent of local variations such as tones and pitch accents.
- At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.
- At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane.
noun
- a downward slope or bend
- a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline
- change toward something smaller or lower
- a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
- Downward movement, fall.
- A reduction or diminution of activity, prevalence or quantity.
- A deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening.
- A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
- The act of declining or refusing something.
verb
- go down
- not accept as true
- show unwillingness towards
- inflect for number, gender, case, etc.
- grow smaller
- fall in value
- grow worse
- (intransitive) To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
- (by extension) To run through from first to last; to recite in order as though declining a noun.
- (transitive) To cause to decrease or diminish.
- (transitive) To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
- (transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.
- (American football, Canadian football) To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.
- (transitive) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
- (intransitive) To become weaker or worse.
- To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
- (transitive, grammar) To recite all the different declined forms of (a word): to recite its declension.
noun
- a downward slope or bend
- a movement downward
- the act of changing your location in a downward direction
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
- properties attributable to your ancestry
- A way down.
- A falling upon or invasion.
- (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing.
- An instance of descending; act of coming down.
- A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
- Lineage or hereditary derivation.
- A sloping passage or incline.
noun
- A curving inwards; the condition of being curved inwards.
- The act of acquiring or being given a curved form; an instance of curving or bending.
- The state of being curved or bent; any curved shape or formation; curvature; a curve; a bend.
- a shape that curves or bends inward
- the action of creating a curved shape
noun
- a curve that reverses the direction of something
- the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
- an aberrant sexual practice
- The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
- Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
- The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
- (geometry) Tendril perversion.
- A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
verb
- slope downwards
- appear to move downward
- dip into a liquid
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- dip into a liquid while eating
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- lower briefly
- take a small amount from
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- go down momentarily
- (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
- (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (transitive) To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing.
- (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To leave; to quit or abandon.
- (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- (transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- (transitive) To immerse for baptism.
- (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- (transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- (intransitive) To sink, drop, or slope downwards.
noun
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief immersion
- a brief swim in water
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- (informal) A foolish person.
- (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sauce for dipping.
- (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- (bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
- (finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
- (uncountable) Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.
- (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- A dip stick.
- (ABDL, informal, uncommon) A diaper; diap, dipe.
- (informal) A diplomat.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- (dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (UK, dialect, uncountable, Birmingham) Fried bread.
verb
- slope downward
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- lose one's chastity
- yield to temptation or sin
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- lose an upright position suddenly
- move in a specified direction
- begin vigorously
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be due
- be inherited by
- come out; issue
- occur at a specified time or place
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- lose office or power
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- come under, be classified or included
- come into the possession of
- fall or flow in a certain way
- come as if by falling
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- fall from clouds
- be captured
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- be cast down
- to be given by right or inheritance
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- go as if by falling
- To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
- (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
- To come down, to drop or descend.
- (copulative, in idiomatic expressions) To become (chiefly used with negative states).
- (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
- To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
- To come as if by dropping down.
- To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
- (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
- (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
- (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
- (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
- (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
- (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
- (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
- To be brought to the ground.
- (intransitive, of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To visit; to go to a place.
noun
- a downward slope or bend
- a movement downward
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- (nautical) The chasing of a hunted whale.
- A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
- That which falls or cascades.
- The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
- (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
- A loss of greatness or status.
- An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
- The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
- (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
- (nautical) The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
- A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
- The height of that which falls or cascades.
- (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
- (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
intj
verb
- move downward
- deplete
- use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
- examine hastily
- trace
- pursue until captured
- injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
- (transitive, intransitive) To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
- (transitive) To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
- (transitive, typography) To move (some copy) down to the next line.
- (British, transitive) To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.
- (nautical, transitive) To run against and sink, as a vessel.
- (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To approach (someone, thing or place) aggressively, as to attack.
- (transitive) To read quickly a list or other short text.
- To decline in quality or condition.
- (transitive) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.
- (hunting) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.
- (transitive) To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary.
- (transitive) To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
- (transitive) To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
verb
- take a downward direction
- make lower or quieter
- refuse entrance or membership
- reject with contempt
- not accept as true
- (idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.
- (idiomatic) To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction; to double or fold down.
- (idiomatic) To reduce the power, etc. of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
verb
- appear to move downward
- fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
- descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- embed deeply
- go under
- cause to sink
- fall or sink heavily
- (intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
- (transitive) To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.
- (intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
- (ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
- (transitive) To push (something) into something.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
- (transitive, slang) To drink (especially something alcoholic).
- (transitive, slang) To pay absolutely.
- (transitive) To make by digging or delving.
- (transitive, snooker, pool, billiards, golf) To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.
- (intransitive, figuratively, of the heart or spirit) To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.
- (intransitive) To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
noun
- a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
- plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
- (graph theory) A destination vertex in a transportation network.
- A place that absorbs resources or energy.
- (theater) A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.
- A drain for carrying off wastewater.
- A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
- A basin used for holding water for washing.
- A depression in a stereotype plate.
- (computing, programming) An object or callback that captures events.
- (game development) One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation.
- (uncountable) Descending motion; descent.
- (baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
- (geology) A sinkhole.
- (ecology) A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
- (graph theory) A node in directed graph for which all of its edges go into it; one with no outgoing edges.
- A heat sink.
- (mining) An excavation smaller than a shaft.
- An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
verb
noun
adv
verb
- To go in a downward direction.
- To strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple.
- To strike from above.
- To move downward in a striking motion.
- To play a stringed instrument with a downward plucking motion.
- (masonry) To point (finish a joint) by pressing mortar in at the bottom.
- To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.
- (of current or lightning) To arc to ground in a downstrike.
adj
noun
- A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
- A bolt of lightning that touches ground.
- A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.
- A type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises.
- A line that is drawn with a downward stroke.
- (electrical engineering) A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
- A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
- A variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action.
verb
- (ergative) To bend or curve, particularly downward.
- (intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
- (transitive and intransitive) To debut.
- (transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend or incline, figuratively; to humble or subdue.
- about to
- (transitive) To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- (intransitive) To defer (to something).
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
- play on a stringed instrument with a bow
intj
noun
- (music) A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- (nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- (nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
- (saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddle tree.
- Alternative form of bao; any of several Chinese buns and breads
- (archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- Either of the two handles of a pair of scissors.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
- (rowing) The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
- something curved in shape
- a decorative interlacing of ribbons
- a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
- a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
- a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
- a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
- an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
- bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
- front part of a vessel or aircraft
verb
- (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
- To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
- (transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
- To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
- (intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
- To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
- To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.
- sag, bend, bend over or down
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
- descend swiftly, as if on prey
- debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
noun
- (architecture, chiefly New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
- (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
- A stooping, bent position of the body.
- A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
- (architecture, US) The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
- An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
- small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
- basin for holy water
- an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
verb
noun
- A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
- A circumference; a circle; a ring.
- (horology) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.
- (architecture) The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.
- (figuratively) An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.
- An edge or border.
- (UK, historical) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
- (architecture) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
- An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
- (UK, Western Australia, New Zealand) The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
- a ceremonial or emblematic staff
- the limit beyond which something happens or changes
- a grass border along a road
- a region marking a boundary
verb
noun
- (aviation) The curvature of an airfoil.
- A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
- (architecture) An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.
- The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.
- (nautical) A small enclosed dock in which timber for masts (etc.) is kept to weather.
- (automotive) The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.
- the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top
- a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
- a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
adj
- bent or curved backward
- Bent or curved backwards.
- pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the underside of the tongue approaches or touches the palate.
- (phonetics, general sense) Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
verb
noun
- (phonetics, general sense) Any of the aforementioned consonants.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
adv
verb
- To go in a downward direction.
- To strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple.
- To strike from above.
- To move downward in a striking motion.
- To play a stringed instrument with a downward plucking motion.
- (masonry) To point (finish a joint) by pressing mortar in at the bottom.
- To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.
- (of current or lightning) To arc to ground in a downstrike.
adj
noun
- A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
- A bolt of lightning that touches ground.
- A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.
- A type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises.
- A line that is drawn with a downward stroke.
- (electrical engineering) A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
- A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
- A variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action.
adv
adj
- Toward the south; southward.
- (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical south.
- Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
- (meteorology, of wind) from the south.
- Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
- situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south
noun
- (physics) The negative or south pole of a magnet
- The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
- The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.
- (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
- the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point
- a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
- the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
verb
adv
adj
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- twice as great or many
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- large enough for two
- (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
- (music) Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Stooping; bent over.
noun
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
- (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- (cricket) The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
- (Christianity) A double feast.
- (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- (programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
- (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- (rowing) A boat for two scullers.
- (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- (music) A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- (darts) A hit on this ring.
- (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- (baseball) A two-base hit.
- (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
- (billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
verb
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- increase twofold
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make or do or perform again
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
- (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- (intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]
- (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- (theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
- (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
- (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- (espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
- (transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- (card games, intransitive) To double down.
- (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- (transitive) To multiply by two.
- (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- (intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
adj
- curving inward
- (geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) Not convex; having at least one internal angle greater than 180 degrees.
- Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.
- Hollow; empty.
- (functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) Satisfying the property that all segments connecting two points on the function's graph lie below the function.
noun
- (gambling) A playing card made concave for use in cheating.
- (surfing) An indentation running along the base of a surfboard, intended to increase lift.
- (skateboarding) An indented area on the top of a skateboard, providing a position for foot placement and increasing board strength.
- (manufacturing) An element of a curved grid used to separate desirable material from tailings or chaff in mining and harvesting.
- The vault of the sky.
- A concave surface or curve.
- One of the celestial spheres of the Ptolemaic or geocentric model of the world.
verb
adj
adv
adj
- directed downward
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- Of a person or thing: defeated, overthrown; also, destroyed, ruined.
- Of a thing: directed downwards.
- Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
- Of a person or thing: cast or thrown to the ground.
- Of a person: feeling despondent or discouraged.
noun
- a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
- (countable, mining, chiefly attributive) A ventilating shaft down which air passes in circulating through a mine.
- (countable) An act of looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty; hence (uncountable, archaic), dejection, melancholy.
- (countable, computing) A cast (“change of expression of a data type”) from supertype to subtype.
verb
- To cast or throw (something) downwards; also, to drop or lower (something).
- (figurative) To make (someone) feel despondent or discouraged; to discourage, to sadden.
- To turn (the eyes) downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
- (computing) To cast (“change the expression of”) (a data type) from supertype to subtype.
- (Scotland) To reproach or upbraid (someone); also, to taunt (someone).
- To demolish or tear down (a building, etc.).
adj
- Having a downward inclination or slope.
- Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
- Lying face-down.
- (figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined.
- (military, video games) Shooting from a position while lying down.
- lying face downward
- having a tendency (to); often used in combination
verb
adj
- Facing downwards.
- (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].
- 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
adv
- 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.
- As a down payment.
- 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
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
adj
noun
verb
adj
- bent or curved backward
- Bent or curved backwards.
- pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the underside of the tongue approaches or touches the palate.
- (phonetics, general sense) Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
verb
noun
- (phonetics, general sense) Any of the aforementioned consonants.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
adv
verb
- To go in a downward direction.
- To strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple.
- To strike from above.
- To move downward in a striking motion.
- To play a stringed instrument with a downward plucking motion.
- (masonry) To point (finish a joint) by pressing mortar in at the bottom.
- To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.
- (of current or lightning) To arc to ground in a downstrike.
adj
noun
- A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
- A bolt of lightning that touches ground.
- A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.
- A type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises.
- A line that is drawn with a downward stroke.
- (electrical engineering) A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
- A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
- A variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action.
adj
- Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise.
- Insincere or malicious.
- (occult, of magic) Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo; following the left-hand path
- Awkward or maladroit.
- Of a coordinate system: not following the right-hand rule.
- Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
- Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand.
- ironically ambiguous
- rotating to the left
- lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
- (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior
- (of marriages) illicit or informal
- using or intended for the left hand