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Betekenis

Adv

1. From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
2. To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
3. At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
4. To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
5. Away from the city (regardless of direction).
6. At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
7. Forward, straight ahead.
8. In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
9. Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
10. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
11. Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
12. So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
13. So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
14. From less to greater detail.
15. From a remoter or higher antiquity.
16. Into a state of non-operation.
17. So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
18. On paper (or in a durable record).
19. As a down payment.
20. In a downwards direction; vertically.
21. Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
22. Get down.

Prep

1. From the higher end to the lower of.
2. From north to south of.
3. From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
4. (colloquial) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).

Adj

1. Facing downwards.
2. At a lower level than before.
3. (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
4. Sick, wounded, or damaged:
5. (slang) Sick, wounded, or damaged:
6. Sick, wounded, or damaged:
7. (slang) Sick, wounded, or damaged:
8. Sick, wounded, or damaged:
9. Having a lower score than an opponent.
10. (colloquial) Out.
11. (colloquial) Negative about; hostile to.
12. (slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
13. (slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
14. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
15. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
16. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
17. Fallen or felled.
18. Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

Verb

1. To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
2. To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
3. To lower; to put (something) down.
4. To defeat; to overpower.
5. (colloquial) To disparage; to put down.
6. (obsolete) To go or come down; to descend.
7. (colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
8. To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
9. To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.

Noun

1. A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
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.
5. A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
6. A downstairs room of a two-story house.
7. Down payment.
8. The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.

Noun

1. A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
2. A field, especially one used for horse racing.
3. 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.

Verb

To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/daʊn/

Etimologie

table From Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, aphetic form of adūne, from ofdūne (“off the hill”). For the development from directional phrases to prepositions, compare Middle Low German dāle (“(in/to the) valley”), i.e. "down(wards)".

Sinne

I’ll run down and secure my guest .

They rented a boat and went down the river .

This may account for the coat of arms being thought to be upside down .

The title was passed down over seven generations and was held by nine persons .

When she saw the unknown object bobbing up and down the edge , she was absolutely horrified .

I'm curious to see if there's another iteration somewhere down the line , he says .

These models were sent to Pasadena , where Kelley made scaled down casts .