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Term: down

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down

Definitions

Noun

  1. Soft fine feathers
  2. (american football) a complete play to advance the football
  3. English physician who first described down's syndrome (1828-1896)
  4. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
  5. Fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

Adjective

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

Verb

  1. Drink down entirely
  2. Eat immoderately
  3. Bring down or defeat (an opponent)
  4. Shoot at and force to come down
  5. Cause to come or go down
  6. Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

Adverb

  1. Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
  2. Away from a more central or a more northerly place
  3. Paid in cash at time of purchase
  4. From an earlier time
  5. To a lower intensity
  6. In an inactive or inoperative state
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "down".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 down 1 895
2 downtown 2 41
3 downward 2 16
4 breakdown 2 13
5 downstairs 2 12
6 downright 2 8
7 downhill 2 6
8 sundown 2 6
9 touchdown 2 6
10 downed 1 5
11 downfall 2 5
12 downs 1 5
13 downstream 2 5
14 showdown 2 4
15 breakdowns 2 3
16 downgraded 3 3
17 downpour 2 3
18 downwind 2 3
19 rundown 2 3
20 shutdown 2 3
21 shutdowns 2 3
22 downcast 2 2
23 downtrodden 3 2
24 downturn 2 2
25 blastdown 2 1
26 downbeat 2 1
27 downers 2 1
28 downgrade 2 1
29 downing 2 1
30 downpayment 3 1
31 downtrend 2 1
32 knockdown 2 1
33 landowners 3 1
34 lowdown 2 1
35 run-down 2 1
36 touchdowns 2 1
37 ashdown 2 0
38 clampdown 2 0
39 closedown 2 0
40 closedowns 2 0
41 comedown 2 0
42 countdown 2 0
43 countdowns 2 0
44 crackdown 2 0
45 crackdowns 2 0
46 down's 1 0
47 downard 2 0
48 downdraft 2 0
49 downe 1 0
50 downen 2 0
51 downer 2 0
52 downes 1 0
53 downes's 2 0
54 downey 2 0
55 downey's 2 0
56 downgrades 2 0
57 downgrading 3 0
58 downgradings 3 0
59 downham 2 0
60 downie 2 0
61 downingtown 3 0
62 download 2 0
63 downloaded 3 0
64 downloading 3 0
65 downloads 2 0
66 downpayments 3 0
67 downplay 2 0
68 downplayed 2 0
69 downplaying 3 0
70 downplays 2 0
71 downpours 2 0
72 downrange 2 0
73 downriver 3 0
74 downscale 2 0
75 downside 2 0
76 downsides 2 0
77 downsize 2 0
78 downsized 2 0
79 downsizes 3 0
80 downsizing 3 0
81 downsizings 3 0
82 downstage 2 0
83 downstate 2 0
84 downswing 2 0
85 downtime 2 0
86 downtown's 2 0
87 downtowns 2 0
88 downturns 2 0
89 downum 2 0
90 downwardly 3 0
91 downwards 2 0
92 downy 2 0
93 drawdown 2 0
94 drawdowns 2 0
95 facedown 2 0
96 godown 2 0
97 hillsdown 2 0
98 hoedown 2 0
99 landowner 3 0
100 lansdown 2 0
101 lansdowne 2 0
102 letdown 2 0
103 lockdown 2 0
104 markdown 2 0
105 markdowns 2 0
106 mceldowney 4 0
107 meltdown 2 0
108 muldowney 3 0
109 piltdown 2 0
110 portadown 3 0
111 putdown 2 0
112 putdowns 2 0
113 shakedown 2 0
114 shakedowns 2 0
115 shootdown 2 0
116 showdowns 2 0
117 slowdown 2 0
118 slowdowns 2 0
119 southdown 2 0
120 southdown's 2 0
121 top-down 2 0
122 turndown 2 0
123 underdown 3 0
124 upside-down 3 0
125 writedown 2 0
126 writedowns 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "down".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 downe 1 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "down".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 own 1 772
2 don 1 23
3 downs 1 5
4 downed 1 5
5 dow 1 4
6 drown 1 3
7 drowns 1 1
8 downy 2 0
9 downe 1 0
10 dowen 2 0
11 godown 2 0
12 downum 2 0
13 downie 2 0
14 downey 2 0
15 downes 1 0
16 downer 2 0
17 downen 2 0
18 down's 1 0
19 dowlen 2 0
20 dowden 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "down" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 down to 1 9
2 down the 1 7
3 down by 1 3
4 down in 1 3
5 down and 1 2
6 down from 1 2
7 down on 1 2
8 down or 1 2

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "down" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 laid down 1 8
2 shot down 1 3
3 it down 1 2
4 and down 1 2
5 face down 1 2
6 go down 1 2
7 strike down 1 2

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "down" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "down".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 dawn 1 28
2 dawn's 1 0
3 down's 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 18

Fragments: 126

Sound Alikes: 1

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 8

Words that Precede: 7

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 3

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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