Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to down
Participle: downed
Gerund: downing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | down |
| you | down |
| he;she;it | downs |
| we | down |
| you | down |
| they | down |
Perfect
| I | have downed |
| you | have downed |
| he;she;it | has downed |
| we | have downed |
| you | have downed |
| they | have downed |
Past
| I | downed |
| you | downed |
| he;she;it | downed |
| we | downed |
| you | downed |
| they | downed |
Pluperfect
| I | had downed |
| you | had downed |
| he;she;it | had downed |
| we | had downed |
| you | had downed |
| they | had downed |
Future
| I | will down |
| you | will down |
| he;she;it | will down |
| we | will down |
| you | will down |
| they | will down |
Future Perfect
| I | will have downed |
| you | will have downed |
| he;she;it | will have downed |
| we | will have downed |
| you | will have downed |
| they | will have downed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | down |
| you | down |
| he;she;it | down |
| we | down |
| you | down |
| they | down |
Perfect
| I | have downed |
| you | have downed |
| he;she;it | have downed |
| we | have downed |
| you | have downed |
| they | have downed |
Imperfect
| I | downed |
| you | downed |
| he;she;it | downed |
| we | downed |
| you | downed |
| they | downed |
Pluperfect
| I | had downed |
| you | had downed |
| he;she;it | had downed |
| we | had downed |
| you | had downed |
| they | had downed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would down |
| you | would down |
| he;she;it | would down |
| we | would down |
| you | would down |
| they | would down |
Perfect
| I | would have downed |
| you | would have downed |
| he;she;it | would have downed |
| we | would have downed |
| you | would have downed |
| they | would have downed |
Imperative
| you | down |
| we | Let's down |
| you | down |
Verbs conjugated like 'down'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'down'
dawn,
don,
dow,
drown,
gown,
own,
rown,
adorn,
boln,
boun,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- drink
- chug, chugalug, drink
- overthrow
- overpower, vanquish, defeat, subdue, upset, overturn, seize
Antonyms
- overthrow
- reinstate, restore, revive, regenerate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
dun "hill," from Celtic word for "hill, citadel" (cf. O.Ir.
dun "hill, hill fort," and second element in place names
London,
Verdun, etc.), from PIE base
*dheue- "to close, finish, come full circle" (cf. O.E.
dun "hill," M.Du.
dune "sandy hill"). Meaning "elevated rolling grassland" is from 1297.
2. From Middle English doun, doune (“down”), from Old English dūne (“down”), aphetic form of adūne (“down, downward”), from earlier ofdūne (“down”, literally “off the hill”), from of (“of, off of”) + dūn (“hill, mount, dune, down”). More at Etymology 2 below. For the development from directional phrases to prepositions, compare Old Frisian dene (“down”, adverb, literally “(to the) floor”), Middle Low German dāle (“down, downwards”, literally “(in/to the) dale/valley”), whence German Low German dal (“down”). Compare also Saterland Frisian deel (“down”, literally “to/into the dale”), West Frisian del (“down”). Cognate with Scots doon (“down”).
Verbs referencing "down"
Chinese, Mandarin
當機.
Sample Sentences
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The storm downed several old trees along the highway.
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A single rifle shot downed the mighty beast.
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The helicopter was downed by a surface-to-air missile.
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The bell rang for lunch, and the workers downed their tools.
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To down proud hearts that would not willing die. [1725, Philip Sidney, The works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney, kt., in prose and verse, London: W. Innys, →OCLC, page 156:]
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‘I remember how you downed Beauclerk and Hamilton, the Wits, once at our House, – when they talked of Ghosts.’ [1779, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 141:]
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Now you have a social worker who downs women who are gay! […] I have met a woman and fell in love with her and I still get humiliated and discriminated against because he (social worker) is against homosexuality and is causing a lot of confusion here. [1986 April 12, anonymous author, “One Day I'll Write a Book on This”, in Gay Community News, page 3:]
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...that is, that the trade of the world is too little for us two, therefore one must down. [1933, Arthur Bryant, quoting Samuel Pepys (1664, February 2nd), Samuel Pepys: The Man in the Making, New York: Macmillan, →OCLC, page 215:]
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He downed an ale and ordered another.
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After watching people downing drink on the train, I am in need of slaking my own thirst, so I pop into the station's Centurion Bar. [2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:]
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He downed it at the seven-yard line.
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He downed two balls on the break.