n. (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards"

n. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

n. soft fine feathers

n. a computer system failing because of an error in hardware or software

v. come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"

v. be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled"

v. reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true"

v. cover a certain distance; "She came a long way"

v. experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset"

v. extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles"

v. enter or assume a condition, relation, use, or position; "He came into contact with a terrorist group"; "The shoes came untied"

v. bring down or defeat (an opponent)

v. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"

v. be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"

v. to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"

v. come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"

v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

v. proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"

v. eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

v. shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

v. enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

v. cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

v. drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"

adv. together with somebody, as a companion or in association with: "His little sister came along to the movies"

adv. away from a more northerly place: "They came down for the wedding"

adv. in the direction of: "He hit the ball down the line"

adv. "Don't fall down"

adj. shut; "the shades were down"

adj. being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the ninth"

adj. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

adj. lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"

adj. becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market"

adj. being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the ninth"

adj. understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down"

adj. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"

adj. low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

v. move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

v. direct one's course or way; "wend your way through the crowds"

v. give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my friends"

v. have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"

v. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"

v. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

v. be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor"

v. gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"

v. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"

v. drink greedily or as if with great thirst; "The boys guzzled the cheap vodka"

v. pay out; "spend money"

v. spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

v. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

v. make a trip for pleasure

v. fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

adj. marked by intense physical force: "a big wind"; "a violent squall"; "heavy seas"; "high winds"

adj. brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"

adj. experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad"

adj. generalized feeling of distress

adj. without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"

adj. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"

adj. showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens

adj. characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

adj. "a hopeless attempt"

adj. of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

adj. made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"

adj. less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low"

adj. impossible to repair, rectify, or amend; "irreparable harm"; "an irreparable mistake"; "irreparable damages"

adj. causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news"

adj. suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones"

adv. to a lower place

adv. "See under for further discussion"

v. be associated with; "French fries come with the hamburger"

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

v. come into fashion; become fashionable

v. come from

v. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"

v. encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

v. come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"

v. come to the surface

v. be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

v. decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"

v. get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"

v. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

v. cause to run; "pour water over the floor"

adj. coming down or downward

adj. literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"

adj. lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency"

adj. not intense; "low-level radiation"

adj. well below normal (especially in price)

adj. unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"

adj. not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"

adj. without difficulties or problems; "a clean test flight"

adj. perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance"

adj. free from error; "an errorless baseball game"

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

adj. without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record"

adj. without a flaw; "a flawless gemstone"

adj. conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal

adj. exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence

adj. excellent and delightful in all respects; "an idyllic spot for a picnic"

adj. as if new; "in mint condition"

adj. being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion; "his guess was on the nose"; "the prediction for snow was right on the button"

adj. capable of becoming or being made perfect

adj. more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision"

adj. sloping down rather steeply

adj. going down by steps

adj. going or coming down

adj. utterly cast down

adj. brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually"

adj. reflecting gloom; "gloomy faces"

adj. marked by dejection from being alone; "felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar"

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

v. leave; "The family took off for Florida"

v. go away or leave

v. get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"

v. retreat

v. get worse or fall back to a previous condition

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

adj. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"

adj. exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; "the elated winner"; "felt elated and excited"

adj. being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"

adj. enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"

adj. exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation

adj. inspired with confidence; "felt bucked up by his success"