downs

Noun

• soft fine feathers
• (American football) a complete play to advance the football
  • "you have four downs to gain ten yards"
• English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
• (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
• fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
• plural of down

Verb

• drink down entirely
• eat immoderately
• bring down or defeat (an opponent)
• shoot at and force to come down
• cause to come or go down
• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
• third-person singular simple present indicative of down

Synonyms

belt down, bolt down, consume, cut down, devour, down, Down, down feather, drink down, fine-tune, go through, John L. H. Down, kill, knock down, land, pile, polish, pop, pour down, pull down, push down, refine, shoot down, toss off