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down

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

down, down feather

n. soft fine feathers

Down, John L. H. Down

n. English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

down

v. bring down or defeat (an opponent)

devour, down, consume, go through

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

polish, refine, fine-tune, down

v. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"

down, shoot down, land

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

down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull 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"

toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill

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"

down

adv. in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again"

down

adv. to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"

down, along, right along

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

down

adj. not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down"

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"

down, dead, out of service, crashed

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

down, down pat(p), mastered

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

dine

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

sup

v. take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon

swallow

v. keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"

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

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"

feed, give

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"

feed, feast

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

fill up, fill

v. eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"

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

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

guzzle

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

spend

v. spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"

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"

complete

v. bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements; "A child would complete the family"

edit, redact

v. prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"

gloss

v. give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing

edit

v. supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"

fell, drop, strike down, cut down

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

travel, trip, jaunt

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"

below, at a lower place, to a lower place, beneath

adv. in or to a place that is lower

under, below

adv. further down; "see under for further discussion"

tamed

adj. brought from wildness; "the once inhospitable landscape is now tamed"

pour

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

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"

flawless, unflawed

adj. without a flaw; "a flawless gemstone"

ideal

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

idealized, idealised

adj. exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence

idyllic

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

mint(a)

adj. as if new; "in mint condition"

on the nose, on the button

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"

worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate

v. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

up, upwards, upward

adv. to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward"

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"

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