Определение (1) (b) down в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
- 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
- Jew down
- Alternative spelling of jew down
I don't want to get Jewed down, you know. I'm sure you'll take care of me?.
- Jewed down
- Simple past tense and past participle of Jew down
- Jewing down
- Present participle of break out
- Jews down
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of Jew down
- Page Down
- A keyboard key that when pressed scrolls down to the next page of content
- a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
- An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced
If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.
- anti-down quark
- The antiquark corresponding to the down quark
- anti-down quarks
- plural form of anti-down quark
- back down
- To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to
I was going to sue them, but now I'm going to have to back down.
- batten down
- To close or make watertight, referring to hatches and cargo
- batten down the hatches
- Prepare for trouble
- batten down the hatches
- To cover the hatches on a sailing ship with tarpaulins and nail the edges down with battens, to prevent water getting below-decks in a storm
- bear down
- To press down on someone
- bear down
- To approach another vessel from windward
- bear down
- To intensify one's efforts
It's 9:41, 58 degrees, and I'm flunking out. Time to bear down.
- bear down
- When giving birth, to push
- bear down on
- To approach someone in a very determined way
We were moving slowly up the river as the creature bore down upon us with distended jaws. The long neck was far outstretched, and the four flippers with which it swam were working with powerful strokes, carrying it forward at a rapid pace.
- bearing down
- Present participle of bear down
- bears down
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bear down
- beat down
- to strike with great force
It was a ghastly morning, with the rain beating down in sheets.
- beat down
- Alternative spelling of beatdown
- beat down
- to severely beat someone up
- beat down
- To haggle someone to sell at a lower price
I managed to beat him down to half his original asking price.
- beaten down
- Past participle of beat down
- beating down
- Present participle of beat down
- beats down
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beat down
- bed down
- To put an animal to rest for the night
We'll bed down the cattle and head into town..
- bed down
- To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery
Sleep beneath the melting sky.
- bend down
- To bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Tangled up in blue.
- blow down
- To knock over from wind
I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down.
- bog down
- To cause to become stuck and unable to progress
- bog down
- To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress
- bogged down
- Stuck, as if in a bog
It was Mr. Womble that tied the rope to the car that was bogged down, and I was the one that tied the other end of it to the end of the truck.
- bogged down
- Stuck; mired, as in detail, difficulty; delayed or made slower
However, if the project manager has a sense that the project is getting bogged down, there is one additional strategy that can be employed.
- bogging down
- Present participle of bog down
- bogs down
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bog down
- boil down
- To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action)
My dissertation is 342 pages long, and I'm required to boil it down to a one-page abstract?!?.
- boil down
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He boiled the soup down so it wouldn't be so weak.
- boil down
- To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action)
So what this boils down to is that you still owe me that fifty bucks.
- boogie on down
- to go (to a place or event)
- bore down
- Simple past of bear down
- borne down
- Past participle of bear down
- break down
- to decay
Leaves and grass will break down into compost faster if you keep them moist.
- break down
- to become unstable, mentally or otherwise
She is back to work now, after her break down.
- break down
- to give more detail
If you don't understand, ask him to break down the numbers for you.
- break down
- to fail
I am afraid my computer will break down if I try to run it at too high a speed.
- breaking down
- Present participle of break down
- breaks down
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of break down
- breathe down someone's neck
- To follow or supervise someone too closely, making it uncomfortable for them
My boss never lets me get on with my work. He's always breathing down my neck and checking up on me.
- bring down
- To make something, especially something flying, fall to the ground. Usually by firing a weapon of some kind
He brought down a pheasant with his first shot of the day.
- bring down
- To reduce
The latest budget reforms are intended to bring down the level of inflation.''.
- bring down
- To make someone feel bad emotionally
The news of his death brought her down.
- bring down
- To cause an opponent to fall after a tackle
- bring down
- To make a legitimate rulership lose their position of power
The rebel forces are trying to bring down the president and his government.
- bring down the house
- To garner enthusiastic or wild applause
- bringing down
- Present participle of bring down
- brings down
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bring down
- broke down
- Simple past tense and past participle of break down
- broken down
- Past participle of break down
- broken-down
- no longer in working order
- broken-down
- not properly maintained; neglected
- brought down
- Simple past tense and past participle of bring down
- brush down
- To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion
- brush down
- To straighten up one's clothes and to tidy up one's appearance
After tripping over, he picked himself up, brushed himself down, and carried on walking.
- brushed down
- Simple past tense and past participle of brush down
- brushes down
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brush down
- brushing down
- Present participle of brush down
- bucket down
- To rain heavily
- buckle down
- To put forth the needed effort; to focus; become serious; apply oneself (e.g. to work or study)
If he would buckle down and do his homework, he could be an excellent student.
- burn down
- To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing
The police are hoping to find the people who burned down the cottage.
- burn down
- To completely burn, so that nothing remains
A fire which started in the bedroom caused the cottage to burn down.
- burned down
- Simple past of burn down
- burning down
- Present participle of burn down
- burns down
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burn down
- burnt down
- Past participle of burn down
- button-down
- Conservative; conventional; unimaginative
- button-down
- Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie
- button-down
- Serious; staid; businesslike
- calm down
- To become less excited, intense, or angry
Calm down before you hurt somebody.
- calm down
- To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry
- calmed down
- Simple past tense and past participle of calm down
- calming down
- Present participle of calm down
- calms down
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calm down
- caught with one's pants down
- Caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation
- chase down
- to pursue and apprehend someone or something
- chase down
- to investigate the cause of something
- cheese down
- to coil the tail of a rope on deck so as to present a neat appearance
- chow down
- To eat, especially to eat vigorously
We're all famished; it's time to chow down.
- chuck it down
- To rain heavily
It's really chucking it down, I'm glad I brought my umbrella.
- clamp down on
- To take measures to stop something; to put an end to
The government aims to clamp down on underage drinking.
- close down
- To stop trading as a business
They had to close the mine down as it was in a dangerous condition.
- close down
- To surround someone, as to impede their movement
If anyone passes to Smith, close him down.
- come down
- To decrease
Real estate prices have come down since the peak of the boom.
- come down
- To return to a normal state of consciousness
He finally came down from his post-bonus high.
- come down
- To descend
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not. - 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Genesis 45:9.
- come down
- To be passed through time
Much wisdom has come down in the form of proverbs.
- come down
- To visit, to travel in order to meet
Come down and see me later.
- come down
- To reach a decision
I can't guess which way the board will come down on the project.
- come down the pike
- to emerge, come up, present itself
- come down to
- To depend upon, basically, ultimately or in essence
The game is going to come down to the last five seconds.
- come down to
- To reach by moving down or reducing
Come down to my place someday and have lunch.
- come down to us
- To survive to the present day; to be extant in some form
As you’ll have noticed, a large number of pre-Renaissance writings on language have come down to us without any indication of their author’s name, or with a false one attached.
- come down with
- To contract or get; to show symptoms of a minor illness
With a scratchy throat and a cough, it feels like I'm coming down with a cold.
- come on down
- A catchphrase used on the American television game show "The Price is Right," inviting a member of the audience to come to Contestant's Row to play the game
- come on down
- An invitation to someone living to the north to come for a visit
- come on down
- An invitation to someone in the upstairs part of a building to come downstairs
Come on down! Breakfast is ready!.
- coming down
- Present participle of come down
- cool down
- To cause something temperature to lower
We had to cool down the equipment with water before using it.
- cool down
- To become less agitated
I'd love to go to Iraq, but I'll have to wait until the violence cools down.
- cool down
- To become cooler, to be reduced in temperature
You can drink the coffee when it's cooled down.
- cool down
- To cause to become less agitated
Dave was kicking and screaming, so I had to cool him down with some mellow music.
- cooled down
- Simple past tense and past participle of cool down
- count down
- Alternative spelling of countdown
- count down
- To await a precisely timed expected event
The party was counting down the days to Inauguration.
- count down
- To announce the passage of time to a precisely timed expected event
The sound system counted down the seconds to meteor impact.
- crack down
- To enforce more stringently or more thoroughly
The authorities are trying to crack down on drunk driving during the holidays.
- crack down on
- to enforce laws or punish (something) more vigilantly
Every year around the holidays, the police launch a campaign to crack down on drunk driving.
- cut down
- To reduce the amount of something
Please don't put the candy jar right next to my desk. I'm trying to cut down on sugar.
- cut down
- To bring down by cutting
They want to cut down several trees to make room for the parking lot.
- cut down
- To insult, to belittle
- cuts down
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cut down
- cutting down
- Present participle of cut down
- deep down
- Fundamentally; in essence; in reality; really
He seems like an average businessman, but deep down he's an overgrown kid with a necktie.
- die down
- To become less virulent
We'll be able to sail safely across the bay once the storm dies down.
- 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
- From the higher end to the lower of
The ball rolled down the hill.
- down
- Into a state of non-operation
They closed the shop down.
- down
- To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty
He downed an ale and ordered another.
- down
- South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps)
I went down to Miami for a conference.
- down
- At a lower place or position
His place is farther down the road.
- down
- With "with", relaxed about, accepting of
I'm down with him hanging with us.
- 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
- To write off; to make fun of
- down
- With "on", negative about, hostile to
Ever since Nixon, I've been down on Republicans.
- down
- Depressed, feeling low
So, things got you down? / Is Rodney Dangerfield giving you no respect? / Well, bunky, cheer up!.
- down
- a negative thing
I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.
- 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
- From one end to another of
They walked down the beach holding hands.
- 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
- 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
- Inoperable; out of order; out of service
The system is down.
- down
- On a lower level than before
Prices are down.
- down
- From a higher position to a lower one; downwards
The cat jumped down from the table.
- down
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets
- 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
- Get down
said to a dog Down, boy!.
- down
- To cause to come down
The storm downed several old trees along the highway.
- down
- Field, especially for racing
- 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 people other than his partner
- 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 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
- 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 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 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 decrease
Those bonds have been down-rated.
- down-
- used to indicate de-emphasis
- down-
- used to indicate lower position or direction, literally or figuratively
The end of the ride was a long coast downhill.
- 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.
