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View definitions for downing

downing

verb as in ingest

Strong matches

verb as in quaff

verb as in take

verb as in blow over

verb as in englut

verb as in engorge

verb as in chug

Strong match

verb as in clear up

verb as in ground

verb as in hurdle

verb as in imbibe

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Example Sentences

He suggests downing an additional eight to 16 ounces every hour throughout the day.

Players stopped downing chili dogs or cheese fries before games.

The 1983 downing of KAL 007 sharpened American tensions with the Soviet Union to heights not seen since the Cuban missile crisis.

The Kremlin blames Strelkov for the downing of the jet—a propaganda disaster for Russia.

Several leaders of the rebellion are out, possibly because of the downing of MH17.

Thomas Downing, for thirty years, in the city of New York, has been proprietor of one of the leading restaurants.

Mr. Downing has commanded great influence, and much means, and it is said of him that he has made "three fortunes."

Mr. Downing is still very popular, doing a most excellent business, and highly respected throughout New York.

Indeed, you scarcely hear any other establishment of the kind spoken of than Downing's.

But Sir G. Downing would not be answered so: though all the world takes notice of him for a most ungrateful villain for his pains.

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On this page you'll find 1571 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to downing, such as: absorb, consume, devour, drink, eat, and inhale.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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