down

Senso (Inglese)

Adv

1. (comparable, not-comparable, usually) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
2. (not-comparable, usually) To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
3. (comparable, not-comparable, usually) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
4. (not-comparable, usually) To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
5. (not-comparable, usually) Away from the city (regardless of direction).
6. (not-comparable, usually) 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. (not-comparable, usually) Forward, straight ahead.
8. (not-comparable, usually) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
9. (UK, dated, not-comparable, usually) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
10. (not-comparable, usually) To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
11. (not-comparable, usually) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
12. (not-comparable, usually) So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
13. (not-comparable, usually) So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
14. (not-comparable, usually) From less to greater detail.
15. (not-comparable, usually) From a remoter or higher antiquity.
16. (not-comparable, usually) Into a state of non-operation.
17. (not-comparable, usually) So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
18. (not-comparable, usually) On paper (or in a durable record).
19. (not-comparable, usually) So as to be cowed into silence.
20. (not-comparable, usually) As a down payment.
21. (not-comparable, usually) In a downwards direction; vertically.
22. (not-comparable, usually) 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.
23. (imperative, not-comparable, usually) Get down.

Prep

1. From the higher end to the lower of.
2. From north to south of.
3. Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
4. From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
5. (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. (not-comparable, slang) Sick, wounded, or damaged:
6. Sick, wounded, or damaged:
7. (not-comparable, slang) Sick, wounded, or damaged:
8. (not-comparable) Sick, wounded, or damaged:
9. (slang) In prison.
10. Having a lower score than an opponent.
11. (colloquial) Out.
12. (colloquial) Negative about; hostile to.
13. (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
14. (slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
15. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
16. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
17. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
18. Fallen or felled.
19. Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

Verb

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

Noun

1. A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
2. (dated) A grudge (on someone).
3. A downer, depressant.
4. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
5. 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.
6. A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
7. The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
8. A downstairs room of a two-story house.
9. Down payment.
10. The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.

Noun

1. (Australia, Southern-England, also, countable, especially, often, plural, uncountable) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
2. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
3. (UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
2. (countable, uncountable) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
3. (countable, uncountable) The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Concetti

giù

piumino

abbasso

sotto

in basso

peluria

calugine

piuma

🪶

abbattuto

lanugine

a basso

basso

ingiù

abbattere

piumaggio

afflizione

a terra

atterrare

vello

verso il basso

pelo

debressione

in giù

triste

☹️

giù da

dirozzare

guasto

ingollare

lanuggine

per il lungo

raffinare

rifinire

ripulire

rotto

sgrossare

tracannare

cioncare

ingentilire

parte bassa

che ha problemi

verso un luogo inferiore

verso la parte inferiore

verso sud

depressiva

ammazzare

🔪🩸👤

bassa

calmare

collina

corto

debilitare

Opposto di

up

sinonimi

below

downwards

downward

under

fluff

depressed

low

fuzz

underneath

beneath

descend

downstairs

dispirited

fur

pile

downhearted

lower

hair

downcast

gloomy

bottom

sad

☹️

feathers

feather

🪶

downhill

down feather

knock down

go down

go through

shoot down

south

cut down

blue

drink down

out of use

soft hair

wool

devour

down pat

push down

polish

🇵🇱

pull down

swallow

off

on the ground

consume

overthrow

along

downriver

downwardly

Traduzioni

abajo

en bas

duvet

bajo

abaixo

Daune

unten

herab

herunter

hinunter

hinab

plumón

Flaum

κάτω

abwärts

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/daʊn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: doun

Ereditato da inglese antico: dūne

Ereditato da inglese medio: doune

Ereditato da inglese antico: dūn

Affine gallese: din

Affine irlandese: dún

Affine frisone occidentale: dún

Affine olandese: duin

Affine tedesco: Düne

Affine saterfriesisch: Duune

Affine tedesco: Daune

Affine danese: dun

In summary

From Middle English doun, doune, from Old English dūne (“down”), aphetic form of adūne (“down, downward”), from earlier ofdūne (“down”, literally “off the hill”), from of (“of, off of”) + dūn (“hill, mount, dune, down”). More at Etymology 2 below. For the development from directional phrases to prepositions, compare Middle Low German dāle (“down, downwards”, literally “(in/to the) dale/valley”), whence German Low German dal (“down”). Compare also Saterland Frisian deel (“down”, literally “to/into the dale”).

Frasi

Put down your weapons .

Metti giù le tue armi.

We had to rush down the minute it happened !

Abbiamo dovuto correre per il momento in cui è successo!

Never let the sun go down on your anger .

Non lasciare mai che il sole tramonta la tua rabbia.

As soon as he saw me among the crowd , he called to me to come down .

Non appena mi ha visto tra la folla, mi ha chiamato per scendere.

Looking down at the spoon he held , the boy saw that the oil was gone .

Guardando il cucchiaio che teneva, il ragazzo vide che l'olio era sparito.

I felt a chill down my spine .

Ho sentito un freddo lungo la schiena.