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Main Entry:	down [doun] Show IPA/daʊn/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	below; physically lower
Synonyms:	bottomward, cascading, declining, depressed, descending, downgrade, downhill, downward, dropping, earthward, falling, gravitating, groundward, inferior, nether, precipitating, sagging, sinking, sliding, slipping, slumping, subjacent, to the bottom, under, underneath
Antonyms:	above, higher

Main Entry:	ailing
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	not feeling well
Synonyms:	below par, debilitated, diseased, down, down with, enfeebled, feeble, feeling awful, ill, indisposed, rocky, run down, sick, sick as a dog, sickly, under the weather, unwell, wasting, weak
Antonyms:	healthy

Main Entry:	aside
Part of Speech:	adverb
Definition:	away from; to the side
Synonyms:	abreast, afar, alone, alongside, apart, away, beside, by oneself, down, in isolation, in reserve, near, nearby, neck and neck, out, out of the way, privately, separately, sidewise
Antonyms:	middle

Example Sentences

Jobs, its co-founder and leading product visionary, would step down from the chief executive role.

Breaking it down by industry suggests another way that migrants created jobs.

Find a low spot or depression and crouch down as low as possible, but don't lie down on the ground.

Jobs, its co-founder and leading product visionary, would step down from the chief executive role.

Breaking it down by industry suggests another way that migrants created jobs.

Find a low spot or depression and crouch down as low as possible, but don't lie down on the ground.

Many dams are being torn down these days, allowing rivers and the ecosystems they support to rebound.

All the landers were left behind, the bases remaining where they touched down.

These methods not only knock down the weeds but also incorporate them into the soil, where they decay to form humus.

Google has taken the first step toward knocking down the walls.

The reason nappies are difficult to break down has nothing to do with their use.

The rest of the dam is going to be taken down in the ensuing months.

It's fourth and goal, and your team is down by three points with seconds left in the game.

Push down on feet ascenders, push up with arm ascenders, stick your butt out and rest.

With both hands, carefully pull the soil ball apart, and set it down on a flat surface.

Military technology used to filter down to consumers.

Wooden stick frame home blow down and then get rebuilt the same way.

She tore down the runway toward him with open arms, her spirits-and feet-flying.

Rain really beats down pansy flowers, but violas bounce back quickly.

Steering her was futile, and the vessel slid slowly down the wall of the gyre.

When a storm blows in, let it rain for an hour before you divert what's coming down the downspout into your barrel.

They're thinking about going down to the beach and throwing them back.

Caramelize the shallot in the pancetta fat, add the wine and geranium leaves, and boil until it cooks down to a syrup.

If the enemy was scaling the walls, soldiers could drop rocks or boiling oil down through the holes and onto the enemy below.

Grill vegetables and chop, cool down for further prep.

With a slotted spoon, push them down into oil until they begin to puff.

Turn the cell-pack upside down and poke plants out by pushing with your thumbs on the bottom of each cell.

Cut or mow cover crop down and till it into the soil.

When the coals are medium hot, place the salmon on the grill skin side down.

Branches arch out and down and branchlets hang nearly straight down.

And sitting down to a cup or bowl of steaming soup is the perfect way to hunker down and get comfortable for the rest of the meal.

Start grilling the cap with the gill side down until the juices begin to seep.

Devotees say that plants grown dangling upside down save space, and are less vulnerable to pests and weeds.

They create an undermarket of labor that drives wages down.

One man's quest to track down every copy on the planet.

Water drips down plant-topped columns into a dreamy pond.

Now, the military is cracking down on one of the smear-distribution.

Amazon seems to be cranking down on duplicative e-book publishing.

From the edge, two of the world's leading volcano scientists look down into the.

Then, a chick-so unexpected that my eye skips over it at first-totters down with the adults.

New federal mortgage rules may set minimum down payments to encourage responsible lending.

Then the bird threw a gold and silver dress down to her, and slippers embroidered with silk and silver.

Telescopes in space could help pin down the risk of a deadly impact.

If you go there, dress down and don't bring anything nice.

The rule for accurately determining the level of the ingredients in a transparent measuring cup is to bend down and look.

Ways that cooks can cut down on meat, and push it from the center of the plate.

The blue of the sky was veiled in a hot, white haze, and a vindictive sun smote down on the hard-baked earth and frizzling.

It's a beautiful afternoon at the ballpark, at which you have plunked down good money to be a spectator.

We were up in a big car looking down on him, but somehow he was in charge.

Record dry spring could drive up wheat prices, and lack of water may force nuclear reactors to shut down.

The sun was down and a chill seeped down the hill as day visitors hurried to their cars.

Purchasing a green product could make you more likely to behave more selfishly down the road, a new study reveals.

Rainfall washed increasing levels of sediment down mountain slopes, clogging rivers and smothering fisheries.

Baby boomers who keep up the pace as they age are likely to outlive those who slow down.

The people may have hunted the game to extirpation and cut down what trees there were.

He built the deck off the back of the house to step down toward the valley floor.

Easing the spikes in wind power, keeping solar power producing after the sun goes down.

It was unprecedented both in the scale of human damage done and the difficulty of hunting down those who did it.

Then this man came down the beach and introduced himself to us.

The bad news is that these cells are really hard to study because their job is to be hard to break down.

But beware: what linguistic fashion raises up, it can also bring down.

Kayakers cruise down both forks in the river, a few tricky dips on the north fork spicing things up for onlookers.

Transgenic trees and plants may break down the pollutants left behind at sites ranging from former factories to firing ranges.

Chemical fixatives can pin down reproducing cells in flagrante delicto.

Steps lead down to the beach, strewn with huge piles of.

The challenge often lies in boiling down scientific information to the readability/cultural levels of the average reader.

He sat down on the cable and ate a piece of cake, washed down with champagne.

Irrigate about once a week and drain excess water by turning each tray upside down over a sink.

They break down rock, construct mineral deposits and create by-products ranging from electrical currents to methane.

Then plant in early evening after temperatures have cooled down.

The plant survives down to subzero temperatures and produces an abundance of fruit in spring.

Dig into the hillside a bit at each tier before putting down the stream liners.

Take in the old-Hollywood atmosphere-all red leather and mirrors-as a burger drips juice down your chin.

Light breaks down the chlorophyll in herbs and makes yellow spots that often turn white.

Main Entry:	bad
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	sorry
Synonyms:	apologetic, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, down, downcast, downhearted, guilty, low, regretful, remorseful, sad, upset, woebegone
Notes:	badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state

Main Entry:	below
Part of Speech:	adverb, preposition
Definition:	lower
Synonyms:	beneath, down, down from, under, underneath
Antonyms:	above, over

Main Entry:	blow over
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	disappear slowly
Synonyms:	cease, die down, dissipate, end, finish, fizzle out, pass, peter out, subside, vanish

Main Entry:	broken
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	not working
Synonyms:	busted, coming unglued, coming unstuck, defective, disabled, down, exhausted, fallen apart, faulty, feeble, gone, gone to pieces, gone to pot, haywire, imperfect, in disrepair, in need of repair, in the shop, inoperable, kaput, not functioning, on the blink, on the fritz, on the shelf, out, out of commission, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack, ruined, run-down, screwed up, shot, spent, unsatisfactory, weak, wracked, wrecked
Antonyms:	fixed, unbroken, working

Main Entry:	chug
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	drink quickly
Synonyms:	chug-a-lug, down, drink in one draft

Main Entry:	clear up
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	become improved
Synonyms:	become fair, become sunny, blow over, brighten, die away, die down, improve, lapse, lift, pick up, run its course
Antonyms:	worsen

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