Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of down is as below...

Psilopaedic :: Psilopaedic (a.) Having down upon the pterylae only; -- said of the young of certain birds.

Flue :: Flue (n.) Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair..

Lapwing :: Lapwing (n.) A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the plover's eggs of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea..

Flocculent :: Flocculent (a.) Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds.

Marrowbone :: Marrowbone (n.) A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel..

Undulation :: Undulation (n.) A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated continuously among its particles, but with no translation of the particles themselves in the direction of the propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration..

Use :: Use (v. t.) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging..

Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline..

Legend :: Legend (n.) Any wonderful story coming down from the past, but not verifiable by historical record; a myth; a fable..

Stramash :: Stram (v. t.) To dash down; to beat.

Bluff-bowed :: Bluff-bowed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.

Down :: Down (v. t.) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down..

Sagittate :: Sagittate (a.) Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward..

Prostration :: Prostration (n.) The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship..

Downlooked :: Downlooked (a.) Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen.

Wax :: Wax (n.) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling..

Cloak :: Cloak (n.) A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women..

Unarm :: Unarm (v. i.) To puff off, or lay down, one's arms or armor..

Scarp :: Scarp (v. t.) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock..

Repose :: Repose (v.) To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit..

Random Fonts

Most Popular