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adv
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- 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.
- 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
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
- (transitive) To feign, dissimulate.
- (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
- (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
- (intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.
- hide under a false appearance
- make believe with the intent to deceive
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
intj
noun
- The act of refraining from speaking.
- the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- The absence of any sound.
- Refraining from speaking, for purposes of prayer or meditation; especially, a form of worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers) during meetings.
- the trait of keeping things secret
- the absence of sound
- a refusal to speak when expected
verb
noun
- The act of disguising.
- (biology) The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
- (military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
- Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
- (textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
- A disguise or covering up.
- device or stratagem for concealment or deceit
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
- fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background
verb
adj
- Lacking speech; mute.
- (of an animal or person) Having no tongue whether through its normal nature, because of birth defect, or because of amputation.
- Expressed without speech; wordless, unspoken.
- (of wagons and farm implements) Having no tongue because hitched in another way.
- Making no sound; silent, speechless.
- expressed without speech
- lacking a tongue
verb
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
adv
noun
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
verb
- (transitive) To whisper quietly.
- (intransitive) To expel air from the lungs, exhale.
- (transitive) To exercise; to tire by brisk exercise.
- (transitive) To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.
- (intransitive, figurative) To live.
- (transitive) To give an impression of, to exude.
- (transitive, figurative) To passionately devote much of one's life to (an activity, etc.).
- (intransitive) To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.
- (transitive) To exhale or expel (something) in the manner of breath.
- (chiefly Evangelical and Charismatic Christianity, with God as agent) To inspire (scripture).
- To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently.
- (intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
- (transitive) To stop, to give (a horse) an opportunity to catch its breath.
- (intransitive) Of a material etc., to allow gases to pass through.
- (transitive) To draw something into the lungs.
- (intransitive) To exchange gases with the environment.
- take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
- impart as if by breathing
- be alive
- reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked
- expel (gases or odors)
- manifest or evince
- draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
- utter or tell
- allow the passage of air through
verb
- (intransitive) To become quiet.
- (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
- (transitive) To make quiet.
- (transitive) To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock.
- become quiet or still; fall silent
- cause to be quiet or not talk
- wash by removing particles
- run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
- become quiet or quieter
noun
verb
adj
intj
noun
verb
- To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
- (intransitive) To belly; to billow, swell or bulge.
- To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
- (transitive) To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.
- hide in one's bosom
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
adj
noun
- A breast, one of a woman's breasts
- The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.
- A depression round the eye of a millstone.
- Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
- The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.
- The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
- a person's breast or chest
- the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- cloth that covers the chest or breasts
verb
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
- (US, military, slang, transitive, ergative) To seal off (a military vehicle or facility).
- (ambitransitive) To conclude; to finalize; to put the finishing touches (on).
- (intransitive) To fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm.
- Alternative form of button up one's lip.
- (transitive) To fasten with a button or buttons.
verb
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- block passage through
- (intransitive) Of a cut or other wound: To heal.
- (intransitive, slang, Australia) To stop talking.
- (ambitransitive) To shut a building or a business for a period of time.
- (intransitive) To move nearer together so that a gap is removed.
- (intransitive) To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
- (intransitive) To become less 'open' or communicative; to shrink back.
adv
verb
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
- make a dummy of
- To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
- To make a fake version of something; to make a counterfeit.
- (informal, sometimes imperative) To suddenly stop talking; shut up; to keep a secret; to refuse to talk.
verb
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
- cause to be quiet or not talk
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- (transitive) To put (someone or something) in a secure enclosed space, such as a room or container.
- (ergative, derogatory, often imperative) Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise.
- (transitive) To terminate (a business).
- (transitive) To close (a building) so that no one can enter.
adj
intj
verb
- (transitive) To conceal.
- (transitive, figurative) To exude or yield.
- (physiology, transitive, of organs, glands, etc.) To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
- place out of sight; keep secret
- generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
verb
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adj
verb
- (transitive) To make (someone) be quiet.
- (transitive) To block with a cork or something similar.
- (transitive) To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To put cork in a baseball bat; to use a baseball bat with cork in it.
- (usually imperative, slang, intransitive) Shut up; be quiet.
- (transitive, figurative) To suppress an emotion or impulse.
- close a bottle with a cork
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adj
- Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
- Silent; not making a sound.
- Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
- Not having the power of speech; dumb.
- expressed without speech
- unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
noun
- (music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
- An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
- The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
- A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
- A mute swan.
- A person who does not have the power of speech.
- (Internet) An action of muting, especially in a discussion forum as a penalty for breaking rules.
- a deaf person who is unable to speak
- a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
verb
- (intransitive) To talk idly.
- To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
- (intransitive, of teeth, machinery, etc.) To make a noise by rapid collisions.
- make noise as if chattering away
- cut unevenly with a chattering tool
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably
noun
- An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
- (Internet) A user of chat rooms.
- (uncountable) The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.
- The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.
- The sound of talking.
- Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
- The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.
- (uncountable) In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
- (Internet) A user of livestream chat.
- One who chats.
- the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
- the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
- noisy talk
noun
- The act of disguising.
- (biology) The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
- (military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
- Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
- (textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
- A disguise or covering up.
- device or stratagem for concealment or deceit
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
- fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background
verb
intj
noun
- The act of refraining from speaking.
- the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- The absence of any sound.
- Refraining from speaking, for purposes of prayer or meditation; especially, a form of worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers) during meetings.
- the trait of keeping things secret
- the absence of sound
- a refusal to speak when expected
verb
verb
- (transitive) To feign, dissimulate.
- (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
- (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
- (intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.
- hide under a false appearance
- make believe with the intent to deceive
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
verb
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
adv
noun
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
verb
- (transitive) To whisper quietly.
- (intransitive) To expel air from the lungs, exhale.
- (transitive) To exercise; to tire by brisk exercise.
- (transitive) To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.
- (intransitive, figurative) To live.
- (transitive) To give an impression of, to exude.
- (transitive, figurative) To passionately devote much of one's life to (an activity, etc.).
- (intransitive) To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.
- (transitive) To exhale or expel (something) in the manner of breath.
- (chiefly Evangelical and Charismatic Christianity, with God as agent) To inspire (scripture).
- To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently.
- (intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
- (transitive) To stop, to give (a horse) an opportunity to catch its breath.
- (intransitive) Of a material etc., to allow gases to pass through.
- (transitive) To draw something into the lungs.
- (intransitive) To exchange gases with the environment.
- take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
- impart as if by breathing
- be alive
- reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked
- expel (gases or odors)
- manifest or evince
- draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
- utter or tell
- allow the passage of air through
verb
- (intransitive) To become quiet.
- (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
- (transitive) To make quiet.
- (transitive) To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock.
- become quiet or still; fall silent
- cause to be quiet or not talk
- wash by removing particles
- run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
- become quiet or quieter
noun
verb
adj
intj
noun
verb
- To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
- (intransitive) To belly; to billow, swell or bulge.
- To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
- (transitive) To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.
- hide in one's bosom
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
adj
noun
- A breast, one of a woman's breasts
- The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.
- A depression round the eye of a millstone.
- Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
- The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.
- The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
- a person's breast or chest
- the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- cloth that covers the chest or breasts
verb
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
- (US, military, slang, transitive, ergative) To seal off (a military vehicle or facility).
- (ambitransitive) To conclude; to finalize; to put the finishing touches (on).
- (intransitive) To fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm.
- Alternative form of button up one's lip.
- (transitive) To fasten with a button or buttons.
verb
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- block passage through
- (intransitive) Of a cut or other wound: To heal.
- (intransitive, slang, Australia) To stop talking.
- (ambitransitive) To shut a building or a business for a period of time.
- (intransitive) To move nearer together so that a gap is removed.
- (intransitive) To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
- (intransitive) To become less 'open' or communicative; to shrink back.
adv
verb
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
- make a dummy of
- To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
- To make a fake version of something; to make a counterfeit.
- (informal, sometimes imperative) To suddenly stop talking; shut up; to keep a secret; to refuse to talk.
verb
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
- cause to be quiet or not talk
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- (transitive) To put (someone or something) in a secure enclosed space, such as a room or container.
- (ergative, derogatory, often imperative) Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise.
- (transitive) To terminate (a business).
- (transitive) To close (a building) so that no one can enter.
adj
intj
intj
noun
- The act of refraining from speaking.
- the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- The absence of any sound.
- Refraining from speaking, for purposes of prayer or meditation; especially, a form of worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers) during meetings.
- the trait of keeping things secret
- the absence of sound
- a refusal to speak when expected
verb
verb
- (transitive) To conceal.
- (transitive, figurative) To exude or yield.
- (physiology, transitive, of organs, glands, etc.) To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
- place out of sight; keep secret
- generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To make (someone) be quiet.
- (transitive) To block with a cork or something similar.
- (transitive) To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To put cork in a baseball bat; to use a baseball bat with cork in it.
- (usually imperative, slang, intransitive) Shut up; be quiet.
- (transitive, figurative) To suppress an emotion or impulse.
- close a bottle with a cork
verb
adj
- Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
- Silent; not making a sound.
- Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
- Not having the power of speech; dumb.
- expressed without speech
- unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
noun
- (music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
- An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
- The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
- A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
- A mute swan.
- A person who does not have the power of speech.
- (Internet) An action of muting, especially in a discussion forum as a penalty for breaking rules.
- a deaf person who is unable to speak
- a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
verb
- (intransitive) To talk idly.
- To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
- (intransitive, of teeth, machinery, etc.) To make a noise by rapid collisions.
- make noise as if chattering away
- cut unevenly with a chattering tool
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably
noun
- An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
- (Internet) A user of chat rooms.
- (uncountable) The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.
- The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.
- The sound of talking.
- Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
- The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.
- (uncountable) In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
- (Internet) A user of livestream chat.
- One who chats.
- the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
- the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
- noisy talk
adv
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- 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.
- 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
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
adj
- Lacking speech; mute.
- (of an animal or person) Having no tongue whether through its normal nature, because of birth defect, or because of amputation.
- Expressed without speech; wordless, unspoken.
- (of wagons and farm implements) Having no tongue because hitched in another way.
- Making no sound; silent, speechless.
- expressed without speech
- lacking a tongue