down
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8.6
- noun
- /daʊn/
- UK
:
colina
- The rolling green downs provide a stunning backdrop for our picnic.
Examples
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I love hiking in the beautiful downs of southern England during the summer months.
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I feared you were out on the downs with Mr. Gordon.
Fiction book (1998) -
I wish I could walk on the path... between the high downs and the sea... where my father lives.
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The lot of many stood on the cliff, looking back over the downs and the village.
Fiction book (1999) -
Of a peaceful Countryside, of soft green downs rolling to a blue sea.
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You've got the sea and then you've got the city, and then you've got the downs and the countryside and like fields.
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Many artists are inspired by the picturesque downs that stretch along the coastline.
Synonyms
Relating to open chalk hills, often found in southern England
Idioms
5
5.9
To continue until the last possible moment while the result is not known
- Informal
5
5.9
Reach a point where the result is not decided until the last moment
- Informal
5
8.1
Completely unable to move or continue because of extreme tiredness
- Informal
4
8.2
To suddenly speak angrily and criticize someone for a small mistake
- Informal
2
9.5
Found unprepared and embarrassed when something unexpected happens
- Informal
1
5.9
Make someone feel a sudden strong fear or excitement
- Informal
1
6.0
Cause someone to feel a sudden strong fear or excitement
- Informal
1
6.9
To treat someone badly when they already have problems
- Informal
1
5.9
A sudden feeling of fear or excitement that moves along your back
- Informal
1
8.5
To stop acting like you are better than other people
- Informal
1
8.3
Make someone accept ideas or opinions they do not want by pressuring them
Compounds
- US
70
3.1
A first payment you make when you buy something and pay the rest in later payments
- Specialized
19
3.3
A condition present at birth caused by an extra chromosome that makes learning harder and gives typical physical features
- Informal
16
4.6
Something that is less strong or useful because people change it to avoid problems
- Specialized
4
3.2
A list of options that appears below a menu item so you can choose one
- Specialized
4
6.4
A reduction in the value of something a company owns to show it is now worth less
- Jargon
4
6.3
A temporary pause in military activity to let troops rest and stop being on alert
- Archaic
2
6.4
Workers who stay in their workplace and refuse to leave until the employer meets their demands
- Informal
1
6.1
A severe scolding from someone in charge, often in front of other people
- Specialized
A very small particle inside protons and neutrons with an electric charge of minus one third
- Specialized
A bow movement from the part near your hand toward the tip when playing a string instrument
A large British sheep with a dark face and a thick coat that people keep for meat and wool
- Specialized
A storage where the last thing put in comes out first, like a pile of plates
- Specialized
A device that lowers high electric voltage so appliances work safely
Surface Forms
Etymology
Down for rolling, treeless hills comes from the Old English dūn meaning 'hill' (like the word 'dune'), so the 'downs' are open grassy hills.