down Définition - Anglais Dictionnaire | down Explications et Prononciations

(archaic except in place-names) Hill, rolling grassland.
1. Churchill Downs, Upson Downs (from Auntie Mame, by Patrick Dennis).

(chiefly in the plural) Field, especially for racing.

(Britain, 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.

A negative aspect; a downer.

I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.

(dated) A grudge (on someone).

An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.

(American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.

I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field.

(crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.

I haven't solved 12 or 13 across, but I've got most of the downs.

A downstairs room of a two-story house.

She lives in a two-up two-down.

Down payment.

Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.

(botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.

The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.

That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.

VerbeSGdownsPRdowningPT, PPdowned

VT To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
1. He downed an ale and ordered another.

VT To cause to come down; to knock down or subdue.

The storm downed several old trees along the highway.

VT (pocket billiards) To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball.

He downed two balls on the break.

VT (American football) To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while it is on the ground.

He downed it at the seven-yard line.

VT To write off; to make fun of.

OBS VI To go down; to descend.

VT To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

AdjectifCOMmore downSUPmost down

Depressed, feeling low.
1. So, things got you down? / Is Rodney Dangerfield giving you no respect? / Well, bunky, cheer up!

On a lower level than before.

The stock market is down.
Prices are down.

Having a lower score than an opponent.

They are down by 3-0 with just 5 minutes to play.
He was down by a bishop and a pawn after 15 moves.
At 5-1 down, she produced a great comeback to win the set on a tiebreak.

(baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.

Two down and one to go in the bottom of the ninth.

COL With "on", negative about, hostile to.

Ever since Nixon, I've been down on Republicans.

(not comparable, US) SLA Comfortable with, accepting of.

Are you down to hang out at the mall, Jamal?
As long as you're down with helping me pick a phone, Jack.

(not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.

The system is down.

Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).

Two down and three to go. (Two tasks completed and three more still to be done.)
Ten minutes down and nothing's happened yet.

(not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally; killed.

We have an officer down outside the suspect's house.
There are three soldiers down and one walking wounded.

(not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.

We have a chopper down near the river.

Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.).

It's two weeks until opening night and our lines are still not down yet.

OBS Downright; absolute; positive.

a down denial

AdverbeCOMmore downSUPmost down

(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
1. The cat jumped down from the table. ‎

(comparable) At a lower and/or further along or away place or position along a set path.

His place is farther down the road. ‎
The company was well down the path to bankruptcy. ‎

South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).

I went down to Miami for a conference. ‎

(Ireland) Away from the city (even if the location is to the North).

He went down to Cavan. down on the farm; down country ‎

Into a state of non-operation.

The computer has been shut down. They closed the shop down. The up escalator is down. ‎

To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.

Smith was sent down to the minors to work on his batting. ‎
After the incident, Kelly went down to Second Lieutenant. ‎

(rail transport) The direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

(sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.

Down, boy! ( such as to direct a dog to stand on four legs from two, or to sit from standing on four legs. ) ‎

(Britain, academia) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.

He's gone back down to Newcastle for Christmas. ‎

From a remoter or higher antiquity.

From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence.

to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions ‎

From less to greater detail.

Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.

(intensifier) Used with verbs to add emphasis to the action of the verb.

They tamped (down) the asphalt to get a better bond. ‎

Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, rather than being of indefinite duration.

He boiled the mixture./He boiled down the mixture. He sat waiting./He sat down and waited. ‎

(in crosswords) An answer which reads vertically.

Préposition

From the higher end to the lower of.
1. The ball rolled down the hill. ‎

From one end to another of.

The bus went down the street. ‎
They walked down the beach holding hands. ‎

Plus d'exemples

Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
- It is difficult to keep anything down when you have the flu.
- I've had a lot of problems recently: take last Monday, for example. My car broke down on the way to work. Then ... etc. ‎
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, xxix
Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
- We'll be able to sail safely across the bay once the storm dies down.
- Diplomacy can only begin when the violence quietens down.
- I'd love to go to Iraq, but I'll have to wait until the violence cools down.

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