down
To knock down; to cause to come down; to fellTo knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
» Could you turn down the radio?
Könnten Sie das Radio leise stellen? — landano
Könnten Sie das Radio leiser stellen? — landano
Könntest du das Radio leise stellen? — wolfgangth
Вы не могли бы сделать радио потише? — Inego
Ты можешь сделать радио потише? — ae5s
Ты не мог бы сделать радио потише? — marafon
Ти не міг би зробити радіо тихіше? — deniko
Ти не могла би зробити радіо тихіше? — deniko
Ви не могли би зробити радіо тихіше? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
10 senses(predicative, transitive)To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
The storm downed several old trees along the highway.
A single rifle shot downed the mighty beast.
cause to come or go down
To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
(predicative, transitive)Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
The helicopter was downed by a surface-to-air missile.
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
(predicative, transitive)To lower; to put (something) down.
The bell rang for lunch, and the workers downed their tools.
drink down entirely
(figuratively, predicative, transitive)To defeat; to overpower.
(colloquial, predicative, transitive)To disparage; to put down.
shoot at and force to come down
(colloquial, predicative, transitive)To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
He downed an ale and ordered another.
exen, runterkippen, trinken
вы́пить за́лпомvýpitʹ zálpom
хиля́тиxyljáty
(Canadian, predicative, transitive)To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
He downed it at the seven-yard line.
(predicative, transitive)To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
He downed two balls on the break.
versenken
(predicative, transitive)To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
(intransitive, obsolete, predicative, rare)To go or come down; to descend.
Examples
11540 sentencesCould you turn down the radio?
Ти не міг би зробити радіо тихіше? — deniko
ruВы не могли бы сделать радио потише? — Inego
deKönnten Sie das Radio leise stellen? — landano
The tree fell down by itself.
Дерево впало саме. — deniko
ruДерево само упало. — marafon
deDer Baum ist von alleine umgefallen. — xtofu80
Lie down on your left side.
Ляжте на лівий бік. — aandrusiak
ruЛожитесь на левый бок. — corvard
deLegen Sie sich auf die linke Seite. — corvard
I fell down on the ice.
Я впав на льоду. — Walentinio
ruЯ упал на лёд. — odexed
He ran down to the lake.
Він побіг до озера. — deniko
deEr lief hinunter an den See. — wolfgangth
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English doun, doune (“down”), from Old English dūne (“down”), aphetic form ofFrom Middle English doun, doune (“down”), 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 Old Frisian dene (“down”, adverb, literally “(to the) floor”), 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”), West Frisian del (“down”). Cognate with Scots doon (“down”).
From Middle English doun, from Old Norse dúnn, from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz (“down”), which is related to *dauniz (“(pleasant) smell”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰowh₂-nis, from the root *dʰewh₂-.
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Forms
downs, downing, downed, downedSynonyms
20 synonyms- cause to come or go down:knock downcut downpush downpull down
- shoot at and force to come down:shoot downland
- eat up completely, as with great appetite:devourdemolishconsumego through
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing:polishrefinefine-tune
- drink down entirely:toss offpopbolt downbelt downpour downdrink downkill
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.