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Downs

/daʊnz/

A negative aspect; a downer.

📖 Definitions of "Downs"

noun

1
A negative aspect; a downer.
"I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off."
2
A grudge (on someone).
3
An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
4
A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
"I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field."

verb

1
To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down, to fell.
"A single rifle shot downed the mighty beast."
2
To lower; to put (something) down.
"The bell rang for lunch, and the workers downed their tools."
3
To defeat; to overpower.
4
To disparage, to put down.

noun

1
(especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland
"The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England."
2
(usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
3
(chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.

noun

1
Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
2
The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
3
The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
4
That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
downwards	Towards a lower place; towards what is below.
downward	Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.
downbound	Moving in a direction that is considered down, such as downstream or to a lower level.
falling	a real-time card game from James Ernest in which all players are falling from the sky for no apparent reason.
fallennoun	(plural only) The dead.
pull downverb	(transitive) To make (something) lower (especially of clothes).
downwardly	In a downward direction
decliningnoun	decline
descendingnoun	A descent.
killnoun	The act of killing.
setnoun	A punch for setting nails in wood.
cut downverb	(idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something.
thrown	Launched by throwing.
knock downverb	To hit or collide with
behindnoun	The rear, back-end.
outnoun	A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
go throughverb	(transitive) To examine or scrutinize (a number or series of things).
retired	Having left employment, especially on reaching pensionable age. (of people)
dispirited	Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
low-spirited	Disheartened, feeling low, in low spirits.