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down

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

down

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

down

n. soft fine feathers

down

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

cut

n. an unexcused absence from class; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"

cut

n. the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"

cut

n. a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball

cut

n. a canal made by erosion or excavation

cut

n. the style in which a garment is cut; "a dress of traditional cut"

cut

n. (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next; "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt"

cut

n. a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings"

cut

n. a step on some scale; "he is a cut above the rest"

cut, cutting

n. the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"

cut, cutting

n. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"

cut, cutting

n. the division of a deck of cards before dealing; "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual"

cut, deletion

n. the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"

cut, stinger

n. a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all"

cut, cut of meat

n. a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass

cut, scissor

n. a function that removes data electronically and writes them elsewhere

cut, cutting, cutting off

n. the act of shortening something by choping off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut"

down

v. bring down or defeat (an opponent)

cut

v. separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

cut

v. stop filming; "cut a movie scene"

cut, cut off

v. cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"

cut, hit with a spin

v. hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction; "cut a Ping-Pong ball"

cut, separate with an instrument

v. separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

cut, cut out

v. create by cutting; "She cut a hole into the fabric"

cut, cut away

v. move (one's fist); "his opponent cut upward toward his chin"

cut, skip

v. intentionally fail to attend; "cut class"

down, consume, go through, devour

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

down, land, shoot down

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

down, knock down, pull down, push down

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"

down, towards the South

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

down, along, right along

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

down

adj. shut; "the shades were down"

down

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

down

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"

cut

adj. separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"

cut

adj. (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit; "the cut pages of the book"

cut

adj. fashioned or shaped by cutting; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet"

down, depressed

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

down, declining

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

cut, shortened

adj. with parts removed; "the drastically cut film"

cut, cut-rate

adj. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers"

cut, mown

adj. (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay"

cut, trimmed

adj. made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair"

down, dead, out of service, crashed

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

down, mastered, down pat

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

down, downbound, downward

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

conduit, channel

n. a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits"

passage

n. a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

lacerate, cut irregularly, tear irregularly

v. cut or tear irregularly

pull, rip, rive, rend

v. tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

break, bust, cause to break

v. ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"

section, segment

v. divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"

share, apportion, portion out, divvy up

v. give out as one's portion or share

shred, tear up, rip up

v. tear into shreds

punch, perforate

v. make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation; "perforate the sheets of paper"

cross, intersect

v. meet at a point

puncture, make a hole into

v. pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into; "puncture a tire"

pull, rip, rive, rend

v. tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

break, bust, cause to break

v. ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"

traverse, track, cross, cover, get over, cut through, get across, pass over, cut across

v. travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"

stab, knife

v. use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death"

mark, score, nock

v. make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"

score, write a score for

v. write a musical score for

sup, dine, host for dinner, give dinner

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

sup, dine, eat dinner, have dinner

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

swallow, get down, pass through the esophagus

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

run through, exhaust, wipe out, consume, deplete, run out of, use up, eat into

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"

grub, give, feed, give food to

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

feed on, feed upon

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

feast, feed

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

binge, stuff, glut, gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, englut, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, satiate, pig out, scarf out, pok out

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

guzzle, drink greedily

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

expend, spend

v. pay out; "spend money"

waste, blow, squander

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

fell, drop, cut down, strike down

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

trip, travel, jaunt, take trips, make a trip, take a trip

v. make a trip for pleasure

tumble, topple

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

high, heavy, big, violent

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

tame, tamed

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

cut to

v. move to another scene when filming; "The camera cut to the sky"

cut off, break up, interrupt, disrupt

v. make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

dig, turn over, delve, cut into

v. turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"

cut out, scratch out

v. strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out; "scratch out my name on that list"

cut through, pierce

v. cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"

descending

adj. coming down or downward

low

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"

debased, devalued, degraded

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

low-level

adj. not intense; "low-level radiation"

reduced, rock-bottom

adj. well below normal (especially in price)

poor

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

condensed

adj. "a condensed book"

half-length

adj. abridged to half its original length

attenuate, faded, weakened, attenuated

adj. reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"

attenuated

adj. of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion

small, diminished, belittled

adj. made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small"

diminished, lessened

adj. (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval; "a diminished fifth"

minimized

adj. reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree

remittent

adj. (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity; "a remittent fever"

bad, defective

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

clean

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

complete, consummate

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

errorless

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

exact, precise

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

faultless, impeccable

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

unblemished, flawless, unflawed

adj. without a flaw; "a flawless gemstone"

ideal

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

idealized

adj. exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence

idyllic

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

mint

adj. as if new; "in mint condition"

on the button, on the nose

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"

perfectible

adj. capable of becoming or being made perfect

pluperfect

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

downhill, declivitous, downward-sloping

adj. sloping down rather steeply

degressive

adj. going down by steps

descendant, descendent

adj. going or coming down

increase, step-up

n. the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"

up

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"

uncut

adj. not cut

uncut

adj. (of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge; "a book with its leaves still uncut"

rough, uncut

adj. not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"

uncut, unmown

adj. (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine; "uncut grass"; "an unmown lawn"

uncut, untrimmed

adj. not trimmed; "shaggy untrimmed locks"

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