English Dictionary

down

/daʊn/

verb

(transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell. / (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).

He tried to down his opponent with a powerful punch.

意味（1）

(transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.

意味（2）

(transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).

The helicopter was downed by a surface-to-air missile.

意味（3）

(transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.

The bell rang for lunch, and the workers downed their tools.

意味（4）

(transitive, figuratively) To defeat; to overpower.

To down proud hearts that would not willing die.

意味（5）

(transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.

‘I remember how you downed Beauclerk and Hamilton, the Wits, once at our House, – when they talked of Ghosts.’

意味（6）

(intransitive, rare or obsolete) To go or come down; to descend.

...that is, that the trade of the world is too little for us two, therefore one must down.

意味（7）

(transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.

He downed an ale and ordered another.

意味（8）

(transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.

He downed it at the seven-yard line.

意味（9）

(transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.

He downed two balls on the break.