Down - Meaning in Tamil

Down - Meaning in Tamil

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Definitions and Meaning of Down in English

down adjective

1. being or moving lower in position or less in some value

   Examples

   • "down by a pawn"
   • "lay face down"
   • "our team is down by a run"
   • "the moon is down"
   • "the stock market is down today"
2. becoming progressively lower

   Example

   • "the down trend in the real estate market"
3. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

   Examples

   • "the down staircase"
   • "the downward course of the stream"
4. being put out by a strikeout

   Example

   • "two down in the bottom of the ninth"
5. understood perfectly

   Example

   • "had his algebra problems down"
6. filled with melancholy and despondency

   Examples

   • "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"
   • "a gloomy silence"
   • "depressed by the loss of his job"
   • "downcast after his defeat"
   • "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
   • "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"
   • "gloomy predictions"
   • "lonely and blue in a strange city"
   • "the darkening mood"
   • "took a grim view of the economy"
7. not functioning (temporarily or permanently)

   Example

   • "we can't work because the computer is down"
8. shut

   Example

   • "the shades were down"
9. lower than previously

   Examples

   • "prices are down"
   • "the market is depressed"

down abverb

1. from an earlier time

   Example

   • "the story was passed down from father to son"
2. to a lower intensity

   Example

   • "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
3. in an inactive or inoperative state

   Examples

   • "the computer went down again"
   • "the factory went down during the strike"
4. paid in cash at time of purchase

   Example

   • "put ten dollars down on the necklace"
5. away from a more central or a more northerly place

   Examples

   • "came down for the wedding"
   • "flew down to Florida"
   • "was sent down to work at the regional office"
   • "worked down on the farm"
6. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

   Examples

   • "don't fall down"
   • "prices plunged downward"
   • "rode the lift up and skied down"

Down noun

1. English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

down noun

1. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
2. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
3. soft fine feathers
4. (American football) a complete play to advance the football

   Example

   • "you have four downs to gain ten yards"

down verb

1. shoot at and force to come down

   Example

   • "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
2. cause to come or go down

   Examples

   • "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
   • "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"
3. drink down entirely

   Examples

   • "He downed three martinis before dinner"
   • "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"
   • "They popped a few beer after work"
4. eat up completely, as with great appetite

   Examples

   • "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
   • "The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them"
5. bring down or defeat (an opponent)
6. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

   Example

   • "refine one's style of writing"

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