4 Letters
3 Consonants
1 Vowels
1 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use down as a article, noun, adverb, adjective satellite or as a verb in a sentence.
About Down
A 1 syllables article and 4 letters with the letters d, n, o, and w, 3 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letters ow. Down starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, do, dow, and the ending characters are n, wn, own, ..
Definition
(American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards"
Origin/Roots
Middle English
School Grade
Down is set as a kindergarten word that starts with d, ends with n, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 4 letters.
Scrabble
Is down a scrabble word? A 8 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Down in Pig Latin is said as "ownday or owndway".
Unigram
d | o | w | n
Bigram
do | ow | wn
Trigram
dow | own
Quadrigram
down
Word Gram
Noun Examples
(American football) a complete play to advance the football;
"you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards"
soft fine feathers
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
English physician who first described down's syndrome (1828-1896)
Verb Examples
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing;
"refine one's style of writing"
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
eat immoderately;
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
drink down entirely;
"He downed three martinis before dinner";
"She killed a bottle of brandy that night";
"They popped a few beer after work"
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"
shoot at and force to come down;
"the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
Adjective Satellite Examples
the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase;
"the down payment";
"a payment of $200 down"
not functioning (temporarily or permanently);
"we can't work because the computer is down"
cut down;
"the tree is down"
shut;
"the shades were down"
understood perfectly;
"had his algebra problems down"
Article Examples
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"
Adverb Examples
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position;
"don't fall down";
"rode the lift up and skied down";
"prices plunged downward"
away from a more central or a more northerly place;
"was sent down to work at the regional office";
"worked down on the farm";
"came down for the wedding";
"flew down to Florida"
paid in cash at time of purchase;
"put ten dollars down on the necklace"
in an inactive or inoperative state;
"the factory went down during the strike";
"the computer went down again"
to a lower intensity;
"he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
from an earlier time;
"the story was passed down from father to son"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Down"

There are 874 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to down.

SynonymDefinition
About Face
Abradedhaving the skin scraped off
"skinned knees and scraped elbows"
Absolutesomething that is conceived to be absolute
something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control
"no mortal being can influence the absolute"
Absorbcause to become one with
"The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"
Accomplishedsuccessfully completed or brought to an end
"his mission accomplished he took a vacation"
"the completed project"
"the joy of a realized ambition overcame him"
Activelyin an active manner
"he participated actively in the war"
Adown
Ailingsomewhat ill or prone to illness
"my poor ailing grandmother"
"feeling a bit indisposed today"
"you look a little peaked"
"feeling poorly"
"a sickly child"
"is unwell and can''t come to work"
Ailmentan often persistent bodily disorder or disease
a cause for complaining
Airtravel via aircraft
"air travel involves too much waiting in airports"
"if you''ve time to spare go by air"

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from down.

Anagram Definition
Down(American football) a complete play to advance the football
"you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards"

View English words with the unique letters used in down. Words With The Letters Dnow

Hypernyms

Down has 2 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Playthe act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
Turntaking a short walk out and back
"we took a turn in the park"

Names With The Word "Down"

4 names are spelled with down.

NameMaleFemale
DowningNoNo
DowneyNoNo
DownNoYes
SundownYesYes

Words To Word lists That The Word Down Can Be Found In.

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Negative FeelingsDescribe downA word list of negative feeling words and the best English words to describe negative emotions. Emotional negative words... read more

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word down.

Is down a scrabble word or can you use down in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 10212 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 11495 games. This 4 letter 8 point scrabble word can be rearranged 24 ways. What other words can be made with the letters d, n, o, and w? There's 4 with 6 letters or less with the letters d, n, o, and w. Here is a list of 4 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Down (4 letters) 8 9 down
Wodan (5 letters) 9 +1 10 +1 adown
Downy (5 letters) 12 +4 12 +3 downy
Adown (5 letters) 9 +1 10 +1 adown





     

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