All related terms of 'downs'

To go down something such as a slope or a pipe means to go towards the ground or to a lower level.

Downers are drugs that make you feel sleepy or very calm .

a range of low hills in S England, extending from E Hampshire to East Sussex : declared a national park in 2009

a plateau in NE Australia, in SE Queensland : a vast agricultural and stock-raising area

→ the Hampshire Downs

trousers

If you have ups and downs , you experience a mixture of good things and bad things.

If you back down , you withdraw a claim, demand , or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.

to eat heartily

If you dumb down something, you make it easier for people to understand , especially when this spoils it.

to remove dust from by brushing or wiping

If you let someone down , you disappoint them, by not doing something that you have said you will do or that they expected you to do.

When you lie down , you move into a horizontal position, usually in order to rest or sleep.

If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.

If you try to pin something down , you try to discover exactly what, where, or when it is.

If you put something down somewhere , you write or type it there.

If you rub down a rough surface, you make it smooth by rubbing it with something such as sandpaper.

If you run people or things down , you criticize them strongly.

If you sit down and do something, you spend time and effort doing it in order to try to achieve something.

If a company or other organization slims down or is slimmed down , it employs fewer people, in order to save money or become more efficient.

If someone steps down or steps aside , they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place.

If you turn down a person or their request or offer , you refuse their request or offer.

If you warm down after doing a physical activity, you do special exercises to help relax your muscles and joints .

If you wash something, especially food, down with a drink, you drink the drink after eating the food, especially to make the food easier to swallow or digest .

a range of low chalk hills that crosses Hampshire in S England

If a machine or a vehicle breaks down , it stops working .

When people or events bring down a government or ruler , they cause the government or ruler to lose power.

To clamp down on people or activities means to take strong official action to stop or control them.

If you climb down in an argument or dispute , you admit that you are wrong , or change your intentions or demands .

to cease or cause to cease operations

If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws .

If someone is knocked down or is knocked over by a vehicle or its driver , they are hit by a car and fall to the ground, and are often injured or killed .

a district of E Northern Ireland , in Co Down. Pop: 77 110 (2003 est). Area: 82 sq km (32 sq miles)

If someone shakes you down , they use threats or search you physically in order to obtain something from you.

If someone stands down , they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place.

If you throw down a challenge to someone, you do something new or unexpected in a bold or forceful manner that will probably cause them to reply or react equally strongly.

When you write something down , you record it on a piece of paper using a pen or pencil .

a breed of stocky hornless sheep having a broad head, dark face, and a dense fleece : kept for lamb production

the act or process of making something less intellectually demanding

a city in S England, administrative centre of Oxfordshire , at the confluence of the Rivers Thames and Cherwell : Royalist headquarters during the Civil War; seat of Oxford University, consisting of 40 separate colleges , the oldest being University College (1249), and Oxford Brookes University (1993); motor-vehicle industry. Pop: 143 016 (2001)

the British Government's biological and chemical research establishment near Salisbury , Wiltshire

a channel that carries a rapid current of water, esp one that has a sluicegate to control the flow

to wipe clean with a damp sponge or cloth

If you say that someone gives a plan, idea, or suggestion the thumbs-down , you are indicating that they do not approve of it and refuse to accept it.

If something has been moved upside down , it has been turned round so that the part that is usually lowest is above the part that is usually highest.

turned over completely; inverted

Down's syndrome is a disorder that some people are born with. People who have Down's syndrome have physical differences, such as shorter stature, and learning difficulties.

a congenital condition characterized by abnormal chromosomes , mental deficiency , a broad face, slanting eyes, a short fifth finger , etc.; Mongolism

If someone gives you a dressing-down , they speak angrily to you because you have done something bad or foolish .