down(a) teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı
- becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"
- Down
- One of the counties of Northern Ireland
- Down syndrome
- Condition caused by a chromosomal excess, whereby the patients bear a certain resemblance to the Mongoloid race, such as a small head and tilted eyelids
- Down's
- Down's syndrome
- Down's syndrome
- Condition caused by a chromosomal deficiency, whereby the patients bear a certain resemblance to the Mongoloid race, such as a small head and tilted eyelids
- doss down
- To sleep on someone's sofa or floor because there is no bed spare
After the party, John let me doss down on the living-room floor.
- double down
- To double one's wager
- double down
- To double or significantly increase a risk, investment, or other commitment
Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama all want to get out of Iraq. They all want to double down in Afghanistan.
- double-down
- Alternative form of double down
- doubled down
- Simple past tense and past participle of double down
- doubles down
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of double down
- doubling down
- Present participle of double down
- down
- Field, especially for racing
- down
- Into a state of non-operation
They closed the shop down.
- down
- With "on", negative about, hostile to
Ever since Nixon, I've been down on Republicans.
- down
- The direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero
- down
- Hill, rolling grassland
Churchill Downs, Upson Downs (from Auntie Mame, by Patrick Dennis).
- down
- Get down
said to a dog Down, boy!.
- down
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets
- down
- 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
- down
- To cause to come down
The storm downed several old trees along the highway.
- down
- On a lower level than before
Prices are down.
- down
- Inoperable; out of order; out of service
The system is down.
- down
- From one end to another of
They walked down the beach holding hands.
- down
- Depressed, feeling low
So, things got you down? / Is Rodney Dangerfield giving you no respect? / Well, bunky, cheer up!.
- down
- To write off; to make fun of
- down
- With "with", relaxed about, accepting of
I'm down with him hanging with us.
- down
- South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps)
I went down to Miami for a conference.
- down
- To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty
He downed an ale and ordered another.
- down
- From the higher end to the lower of
The ball rolled down the hill.
- down
- At a lower place or position
His place is farther down the road.
- down
- Away from the city (even if the location is to the North)
Down country.
- down
- To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball
He downed two balls on the break.
- down
- a negative thing
I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.
- down
- Committed to memory; memorised, in phrases like:
It's two weeks until opening night and our lines are still not down yet.
- down
- 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.
- down
- 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.
- down
- Of a task; finished in phrases like:
Two down and three to go. (Two tasks completed and three more still to be done.).
- down
- From a higher position to a lower one; downwards
The cat jumped down from the table.
- down a shot
- to drink quickly the contents of a shot glass
- down and out
- In a condition of poverty or debility, especially as a result of experiencing a financial or personal setback
People who are down and out need some place to turn.
- down antiquark
- the antiparticle of a down quark
- down at heel
- Shabbily dressed, slovenly; impoverished
Last year, he was down at heel, homeless and had an erratic relationship with his family.
- down at heel
- In poor condition, especially due to having worn heels; worn-out, shabby
A pair of Oxford-mixture trousers . . .fell in a series of not the most graceful folds over a pair of shoes sufficiently down at heel to display a pair of very soiled white stockings.
- down at the heel
- Alternative form of down at heel
- down at the heels
- Alternative form of down at heel
- down cellar
- Downstairs; the opposite of upstairs
I had to run down cellar to turn off the water main.
- down for the count
- Decisively beaten; rendered irrelevant for the long term
- down in the dumps
- Sad; lacking engagement or enthusiasm
Being out of work sometimes makes you feel down in the dumps and being out here with my buddies helps..
- down in the heel
- Alternative form of down at heel
- down in the heels
- Alternative form of down at heel
- down in the mouth
- Sad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance
He was down in the mouth and low on self-confidence, says his mother, Nina Engel.
- down line
- A railway line on which trains travel away from a major terminus
The number of down-trains daily is fifty-one, and up-trains fifty; the ropes, therefore, travel 155.25 miles on the up-line, and 158.35 miles on the down-line, or altogether 313.60 miles daily.
- down low
- the state of being a man who secretly sleeps with other men
- down low
- secrecy
I'll tell you, but keep it on the down low.
- down low
- the state of being a man who secretly sleeps with people other than his partner
- down on one's luck
- Unlucky or undergoing a period of bad luck, especially with respect to financial matters
Pitcher Kyle Lohse, 29, who has had unsuccessful stints with the Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies, seems to have found a home with the St. Louis Cardinals, a team that has a knack for turning around pitchers down on their luck.
- down pat
- Thoroughly practiced, rehearsed, or understood
He has the look of Bruce Lee down pat, with the same defiant expression and spare but muscled frame.
- down payment
- A payment representing a fraction of the price of something being purchased, made to secure the right to continue making payments towards that purchase
- down payment
- By extension, any initial commitment signifying an intention to carry out a larger future commitment, even though no legal rights or obligations are secured
These commitments of troops, trainers, and civilians represent a strong down payment on the future of our mission in Afghanistan and on the future of NATO.
- down payments
- plural form of down payment
- down quark
- A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass about 4 to 8 MeV. Symbol: d
- down quarks
- plural form of down quark
- down start
- a starting position in longtrack speedskating, whereby the speedskater adopts tripod position with the ice surface, with one hand down, and both skates
- down tack
- The IPA diacritic of primary articulation: , used to denote a lowered phone; for vowels, the diacritic denotes a slightly more open utterance; for consonants, it moves the point of articulation one step forward in this chain: nasal → plosive → fricative → approximant → trill → tap, flap → lateral fricative → lateral approximant → lateral flap
- down the banks
- a severe criticism, scolding, reprimand, or punishment
In a time in Ireland when politicians and public representatives and others are getting down the banks (if you’ll pardon the pun), a special word of gratitude goes to TD John Browne and Enniscorthy Town Councillor Keith Doyle for their support.
- down the banks
- in prison
A independent woter ain't the cheese any longer. ... The Stars is out in all kinds o' weather, and if they shines on a feller when he's got half a dozen glasses on board, the Watch-us', Squire Cole, and ten days down the banks, is the word!.
- down the drain
- Wasted, squandered; irretrievable
Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain.
- down the hatch
- Into the mouth and down the throat, especially with regard to the consumption of a beverage
As waiters brought trays of meat, the guests reached over and harvested the pink slices with their bare hands, popping them down the hatch.
- down the line
- Further along, in terms of time or progress
They decided to save money by using the cheapest components available, but down the line they ran into problems with reliability.
- down the road
- Further along, in terms of time or progress
They decided to save money by using the cheapest components available, but down the road they ran into problems with reliability.
- down the road, not across the street
- Along the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side
- down the tube
- Alternative form of down the tubes
- down the tubes
- Into a state of collapse or failure
- down to a T
- Alternative form of to a T
- down to a fine art
- Having or showing exceptional proficiency
- down to a science
- Perfected; practiced ease and confidence
I have my painting technique down to a science.
- down to the short strokes
- In the final steps or decisive phase of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious
I would say we are down to the short strokes, down to the cleanup phase of the investigation, said E. Campion Kersten, a Fox Point lawyer.
- down to the short strokes
- To the final steps or decisive phase of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious
Anyone who wants to vote on delegates who will then decide whether to ratify the deal must have a membership by the end of this week. It's getting down to the short strokes, MacKay said.
- down to the wire
- At the very end of a process or project, especially one with a fast-approaching deadline
He was almost done with the paper, but tomorrow's due date meant it would be down to the wire.
- down tube
- A vertical tube making up part of a bicycle frame
- down tubes
- plural form of down tube
- down under
- in Australia, to Australia
Foster's claims to be Australian, but nobody drinks it down under.
- down with
- away with!, cease!
Down with the war!.
- down with his apple-cart
- knock or throw him down
- down-
- used to indicate lower position or direction, literally or figuratively
The end of the ride was a long coast downhill.
- down-
- used to indicate decrease
Those bonds have been down-rated.
- down-
- used to indicate de-emphasis
- down-and-out
- Alternative spelling of down and out
- down-and-outer
- Someone who is down and out
- down-at-heel
- Attributive form of down at heel
- down-gyved
- falling down and thus resembling gyves
Ungartered and down-gyved to his ankle,.
- down-home
- Simple and unpretentious, especially having the characteristics of a Southern rural lifestyle
- down-line
- Alternative spelling of down line
The number of down-trains daily is fifty-one, and up-trains fifty; the ropes, therefore, travel 155.25 miles on the up-line, and 158.35 miles on the down-line, or altogether 313.60 miles daily.
- down-line
- Describing a lower level in a hierarchical management structure
- down-low
- Alternative spelling of down low
- down-to-earth
- Practical; realistic; pragmatic
He had a down-to-earth attitude that translated into a straightforward, but effective strategy.
- down the track
- (Ev ile ilgili) Further along, in terms of time or progress
- double down
- (Ev ile ilgili) 1. (idiomatic, gambling) To double one's wager2. (idiomatic, by extension) To double or significantly increase a risk, investment, or other commitment
- down
- {v} to subdue, bring low, destroy, go down
- down
- {a} on the ground
- down
- {p} along a descent
- down
- {n} a large open plain, very soft fethers
- down for the count
- (deyim) If someone is down for the count, they have lost a struggle, like a boxer who has been knocked out
- down low
- Covert, secret, "hush hush". (Derived from 'low profile')
- down one's alley
- (deyim) (also up one's alley) Suited to one's own tastes or abilities
- down one's street
- (deyim) Suited to one's abilities or taste
- down pat
- Memorized, just right, correctly. "Flora had her speech down pat. She had practised it many times."
- down to
- 1. as far as (the lowest, smallest, least, or last item or member);2. attributable to;3. the responsibility of, up to
- down to
- Even including the following minor things or people
1. Amalie was dressed completely in black, right down to black lipstick and a black earring.
2. Everyone, from the Director down to the secretaries, was questioned by the police.
- look-down, shoot-down
- Describing a phased-array radar powerful enough to pick aircraft out of ground clutter from high altitude
