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down
  1. A negative aspect; a downer.
  2. (dated) A grudge (on someone).
  3. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
  4. (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.
  5. (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
  6. A downstairs room of a two-story house.
  7. Down payment.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “The baby penguins' woolly down is essential in the Antarctic winter.”
      “Depression can be caused by stress, or it can sometimes be triggered by an emotional down.”
      “I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.”
down
  1. Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
  2. (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
  3. The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
  4. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The baby penguins' woolly down is essential in the Antarctic winter.”
      “Depression can be caused by stress, or it can sometimes be triggered by an emotional down.”
      “I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.”
down
  1. (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland
  2. (plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
  3. (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.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The baby penguins' woolly down is essential in the Antarctic winter.”
      “Depression can be caused by stress, or it can sometimes be triggered by an emotional down.”
      “I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.”
downing
downy
  1. A blanket filled with down; a duvet.
downie
  1. Alternative spelling of Downie
  2. Examples:
    1. “Although her art focuses on Scotland's industrial landscapes, Downie is not a native Scot.”
      “Gord Downie is one of the few songwriters whose lyrics still emanate the qualities of poetry and Downie's literary allusions are many.”
      “However, Downie said the measures were only going to help incorporated companies and not the entire small-business community.”
downiness
  1. The quality of being downy.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It's also the softness you experience when you touch a Golden Retriever and it's the downiness of a baby chick.”
      “Note the downiness of Cupid's wings and the unblemished quality of the flesh in cruelly close proximity to the sharpness of the lion's claw.”
      “The downiness noticed on the underside of the bullace leaves is here restricted to the ribs of the leaf.”
downings
downies
  1. plural of downie
downs
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