godown
1 of 2noun
go·down ˈgō-ˌdau̇n 
: a warehouse in a country of southern or eastern Asia
go down
2 of 2verb
went down; gone down; going down; goes down
intransitive verb
1
a
: to go below the horizon : set
the sun went down
b
: to fall to or as if to the ground
the plane went down in flames
c
: to become submerged : sink
the ship went down with all hands
2
: to admit of being swallowed
the medicine went down easily
3
a
: to find acceptance
will the plan go down with the farmers
b
: to come to be remembered especially in posterity
will he go down in history as a great president
4
British : to leave a university
5
a
: to undergo defeat or failure
b
chiefly British : to become incapacitated
went down with … acute tonsillitis
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slang : to take place : happen
Synonyms
Verb
- be
- befall
- betide
- chance
- come
- come about
- come down
- come off
- cook
- do
- go on
- hap
- happen
- occur
- pass
- transpire
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Example Sentences
Verb when's the drug deal supposed to go down?
Recent Examples on the Web Travel, 4 Jan. 2021 From across the Singapore River this trio of former godowns (warehouses) cuts a striking profile. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 May 2018
Noun
Tegh Singh arrives and unloads his bundles of blossoms in Kapoor’s godown, an open-air stone courtyard that serves as the distillery. Travel, 4 Jan. 2021 From across the Singapore River this trio of former godowns (warehouses) cuts a striking profile. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 May 2018 Word History
Etymology
Noun
by folk etymology from Malay gudang
First Known Use
Noun
1552, in the meaning defined above
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
going down
verb
as in happening
to take place when's the drug deal supposed to go down? Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- happening
- coming down
- going on
- coming about
- coming off
- being
- coming
- occurring
- coming to pass
- doing
- cooking
- betiding
- coming up
- passing
- chancing
- transpiring
- befalling
- falling out
- turning out
- going off
- happing
- shaping (up)
- cropping (up)
- rising
- springing (up)
- developing
- proceeding
- arising
- resulting
- following
- intervening
- materializing
- breaking
- toolless
- toolmaker
- toolmakers
- toolmakers' button
- toolmaking
- toolmakings
- toolman
- toolmark
- toolmarking
- toolmen
- toolplate
- toolpushers
- toolroom
- toolroom lathe
- toolrooms
- tools
- tools of ignorance
- tools of one's trade
- tools of the trade
- tools of the/one's trade
- tools up
- toolshed
- toolsheds
- toolslide
- toolsmith