Definition von down- im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- used to indicate lower position or direction, literally or figuratively
The end of the ride was a long coast downhill.
- used to indicate decrease
Those bonds have been down-rated.
- used to indicate de-emphasis
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-and-out
- Alternative spelling of down and out
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-and-outer
- Someone who is down and out
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-at-heel
- Attributive form of down at heel
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-gyved
- falling down and thus resembling gyves
Ungartered and down-gyved to his ankle,.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-home
- Simple and unpretentious, especially having the characteristics of a Southern rural lifestyle
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-line
- Describing a lower level in a hierarchical management structure
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-line
- Alternative spelling of down line
The number of down-trains daily is fifty-one, and up-trains fifty; the ropes, therefore, travel 155.25 miles on the up-line, and 158.35 miles on the down-line, or altogether 313.60 miles daily.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-low
- Alternative spelling of down low
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-to-earth
- Practical; realistic; pragmatic
He had a down-to-earth attitude that translated into a straightforward, but effective strategy.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-and-out
- If you describe someone as down-and-out, you mean that they have no job and nowhere to live, and they have no real hope of improving their situation. a short story about a down-and-out advertising copywriter Down-and-out is also a noun. some poor down-and-out in need of a meal. someone who has no home and who lives on the street
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-and-out
- lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-and-out
- a person who is destitute; "he tried to help the down-and-out"
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-at-heel
- Something that is down-at-heel is in a in bad condition because it has been used too much or has not been looked after properly. If you say that someone is down-at-heel, you mean that they are wearing old, worn clothes because they have little money. a down-at-heel disco in central East Berlin. a down-at-heel waitress in a greasy New York diner. = shabby. unattractive and not well cared for, because of a lack of money
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-bow
- a downward stroke from the heel to the tip of the bow
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-home
- typical of the simple values and customs of people who live in the country, especially in the southern US homely
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-payment
- The amount of money to be paid by the purchaser to the seller upon the signing of the agreement of sale The agreement of sale will refer to the down payment amount and will acknowledge receipt of the down-payment The down-payment is the difference between the sales price and maximum mortgage amount The down-payment may not be refundable if the purchaser fails to buy the property without good cause If the purchaser wants the down-payment to be refundable, he should insert a clause in the agreement of sale specifying the conditions under which the deposit will be refunded, if the agreement does not already contain such clause If the seller cannot deliver good title, the agreement of sale usually requires the seller to return the down-payment and to pay interest and expenses incurred by the purchaser
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-payment
- The difference between the purchase price of the property and the loan amount, expressed in dollars, or as a percentage of the price For example, if the house sells for $100,000 and the loan is for $80,000, the down payment is $20,000 or 20% The loan amount used in this calculation does not include any prepaid finance charges that are included in the loan For example, if the $80,000 loan in the example above includes a $1,000 up-front mortgage insurance premium, the down payment is $21,000
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-river
- Something that is moving down-river is moving towards the mouth of a river, from a point further up the river. Something that is down-river is towards the mouth of a river. By 09.30 we had cast off and were heading down-river. a big tourist hotel a few hundred yards down-river Cologne is not so very far down-river from Mainz. up-river Down-river is also an adjective. downriver factories dispensing billows of smoke. up-river
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-time
- Time lost when no work is done on the R & D project
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-time
- The amount of time your Web site is disconnected or inaccessible via the Internet is known as down-time
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-to-earth
- sensible and practical; "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense
- <span class="word-self">downspan>-to-earth
- approval If you say that someone is down-to-earth, you approve of the fact that they concern themselves with practical things and actions, rather than with abstract theories. her sincerity and her down-to-earth common sense. practical and direct in a sensible honest way
- <span class="word-self">Downspan>
- One of the counties of Northern Ireland
- <span class="word-self">Downspan> syndrome
- Condition caused by a chromosomal excess, whereby the patients bear a certain resemblance to the Mongoloid race, such as a small head and tilted eyelids
- <span class="word-self">Downspan>'s
- Down's syndrome
- <span class="word-self">Downspan>'s syndrome
- Condition caused by a chromosomal deficiency, whereby the patients bear a certain resemblance to the Mongoloid race, such as a small head and tilted eyelids
- Jew <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Alternative spelling of jew down
I don't want to get Jewed down, you know. I'm sure you'll take care of me?.
- Jewed <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Simple past tense and past participle of Jew down
- Jewing <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Present participle of break out
- Jews <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of Jew down
- Page <span class="word-self">Downspan>
- A keyboard key that when pressed scrolls down to the next page of content
- a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go <span class="word-self">downspan>
- An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced
If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.
- anti-<span class="word-self">downspan> quark
- The antiquark corresponding to the down quark
- anti-<span class="word-self">downspan> quarks
- plural form of anti-down quark
- back <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to
I was going to sue them, but now I'm going to have to back down.
- batten <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To close or make watertight, referring to hatches and cargo
- batten <span class="word-self">downspan> the hatches
- Prepare for trouble
- batten <span class="word-self">downspan> the hatches
- To cover the hatches on a sailing ship with tarpaulins and nail the edges down with battens, to prevent water getting below-decks in a storm
- bear <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To approach another vessel from windward
- bear <span class="word-self">downspan>
- When giving birth, to push
- bear <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To intensify one's efforts
It's 9:41, 58 degrees, and I'm flunking out. Time to bear down.
- bear <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To press down on someone
- bear <span class="word-self">downspan> on
- To approach someone in a very determined way
We were moving slowly up the river as the creature bore down upon us with distended jaws. The long neck was far outstretched, and the four flippers with which it swam were working with powerful strokes, carrying it forward at a rapid pace.
- bearing <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Present participle of bear down
- bears <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bear down
- beat <span class="word-self">downspan>
- to strike with great force
It was a ghastly morning, with the rain beating down in sheets.
- beat <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To haggle someone to sell at a lower price
I managed to beat him down to half his original asking price.
- beat <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Alternative spelling of beatdown
- beat <span class="word-self">downspan>
- to severely beat someone up
- beaten <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Past participle of beat down
- beating <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Present participle of beat down
- beats <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beat down
- bed <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery
Sleep beneath the melting sky.
- bed <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To put an animal to rest for the night
We'll bed down the cattle and head into town..
- bend <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Tangled up in blue.
- blow <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To knock over from wind
I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down.
- bog <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To cause to become stuck and unable to progress
- bog <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress
- bogged <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Stuck, as if in a bog
It was Mr. Womble that tied the rope to the car that was bogged down, and I was the one that tied the other end of it to the end of the truck.
- bogged <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Stuck; mired, as in detail, difficulty; delayed or made slower
However, if the project manager has a sense that the project is getting bogged down, there is one additional strategy that can be employed.
- bogging <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Present participle of bog down
- bogs <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bog down
- boil <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action)
My dissertation is 342 pages long, and I'm required to boil it down to a one-page abstract?!?.
- boil <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action)
So what this boils down to is that you still owe me that fifty bucks.
- boogie on <span class="word-self">downspan>
- to go (to a place or event)
- bore <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Simple past of bear down
- borne <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Past participle of bear down
- break <span class="word-self">downspan>
- to give more detail
If you don't understand, ask him to break down the numbers for you.
- break <span class="word-self">downspan>
- to fail
I am afraid my computer will break down if I try to run it at too high a speed.
- break <span class="word-self">downspan>
- to decay
Leaves and grass will break down into compost faster if you keep them moist.
- break <span class="word-self">downspan>
- to become unstable, mentally or otherwise
She is back to work now, after her break down.
- breaking <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Present participle of break down
- breaks <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of break down
- breathe <span class="word-self">downspan> someone's neck
- To follow or supervise someone too closely, making it uncomfortable for them
My boss never lets me get on with my work. He's always breathing down my neck and checking up on me.
- bring <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To reduce
The latest budget reforms are intended to bring down the level of inflation.''.
- bring <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To make someone feel bad emotionally
The news of his death brought her down.
- bring <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To make something, especially something flying, fall to the ground. Usually by firing a weapon of some kind
He brought down a pheasant with his first shot of the day.
- bring <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To make a legitimate rulership lose their position of power
The rebel forces are trying to bring down the president and his government.
- bring <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To cause an opponent to fall after a tackle
- bring <span class="word-self">downspan> the house
- To garner enthusiastic or wild applause
- bringing <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Present participle of bring down
- brings <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bring down
- broke <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Simple past tense and past participle of break down
- broken <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Past participle of break down
- broken-<span class="word-self">downspan>
- not properly maintained; neglected
- broken-<span class="word-self">downspan>
- no longer in working order
- brought <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Simple past tense and past participle of bring down
- brush <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To straighten up one's clothes and to tidy up one's appearance
After tripping over, he picked himself up, brushed himself down, and carried on walking.
- brush <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion
- brushed <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Simple past tense and past participle of brush down
- brushes <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brush down
- brushing <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Present participle of brush down
- bucket <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To rain heavily
- buckle <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To put forth the needed effort; to focus; become serious; apply oneself (e.g. to work or study)
If he would buckle down and do his homework, he could be an excellent student.
- burn <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To completely burn, so that nothing remains
A fire which started in the bedroom caused the cottage to burn down.
- burn <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing
The police are hoping to find the people who burned down the cottage.
- burned <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Simple past of burn down
- burning <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Present participle of burn down
- burns <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burn down
- burnt <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Past participle of burn down
- button-<span class="word-self">downspan>
- Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie
- button-<span class="word-self">downspan>
- Conservative; conventional; unimaginative
- button-<span class="word-self">downspan>
- Serious; staid; businesslike
- calm <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry
- calm <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To become less excited, intense, or angry
Calm down before you hurt somebody.
- calmed <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Simple past tense and past participle of calm down
- calming <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Present participle of calm down
- calms <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calm down
- caught with one's pants <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation
- chase <span class="word-self">downspan>
- to pursue and apprehend someone or something
- chase <span class="word-self">downspan>
- to investigate the cause of something
- cheese <span class="word-self">downspan>
- to coil the tail of a rope on deck so as to present a neat appearance
- chow <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To eat, especially to eat vigorously
We're all famished; it's time to chow down.
- chuck it <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To rain heavily
It's really chucking it down, I'm glad I brought my umbrella.
- clamp <span class="word-self">downspan> on
- To take measures to stop something; to put an end to
The government aims to clamp down on underage drinking.
- close <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To surround someone, as to impede their movement
If anyone passes to Smith, close him down.
- close <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To stop trading as a business
They had to close the mine down as it was in a dangerous condition.
- come <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To decrease
Real estate prices have come down since the peak of the boom.
- come <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To reach a decision
I can't guess which way the board will come down on the project.
- come <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To return to a normal state of consciousness
He finally came down from his post-bonus high.
- come <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To descend
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not. - 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Genesis 45:9.
- come <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To be passed through time
Much wisdom has come down in the form of proverbs.
- come <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To visit, to travel in order to meet
Come down and see me later.
- come <span class="word-self">downspan> the pike
- to emerge, come up, present itself
- come <span class="word-self">downspan> to
- To depend upon, basically, ultimately or in essence
The game is going to come down to the last five seconds.
- come <span class="word-self">downspan> to
- To reach by moving down or reducing
Come down to my place someday and have lunch.
- come <span class="word-self">downspan> to us
- To survive to the present day; to be extant in some form
As you’ll have noticed, a large number of pre-Renaissance writings on language have come down to us without any indication of their author’s name, or with a false one attached.
- come <span class="word-self">downspan> with
- To contract or get; to show symptoms of a minor illness
With a scratchy throat and a cough, it feels like I'm coming down with a cold.
- come on <span class="word-self">downspan>
- A catchphrase used on the American television game show "The Price is Right," inviting a member of the audience to come to Contestant's Row to play the game
- come on <span class="word-self">downspan>
- An invitation to someone living to the north to come for a visit
- come on <span class="word-self">downspan>
- An invitation to someone in the upstairs part of a building to come downstairs
Come on down! Breakfast is ready!.
- coming <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Present participle of come down
- cool <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To become less agitated
I'd love to go to Iraq, but I'll have to wait until the violence cools down.
- cool <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To become cooler, to be reduced in temperature
You can drink the coffee when it's cooled down.
- cool <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To cause something temperature to lower
We had to cool down the equipment with water before using it.
- cool <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To cause to become less agitated
Dave was kicking and screaming, so I had to cool him down with some mellow music.
- cooled <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Simple past tense and past participle of cool down
- count <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To await a precisely timed expected event
The party was counting down the days to Inauguration.
- count <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Alternative spelling of countdown
- count <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To announce the passage of time to a precisely timed expected event
The sound system counted down the seconds to meteor impact.
- crack <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To enforce more stringently or more thoroughly
The authorities are trying to crack down on drunk driving during the holidays.
- crack <span class="word-self">downspan> on
- to enforce laws or punish (something) more vigilantly
Every year around the holidays, the police launch a campaign to crack down on drunk driving.
- cut <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To reduce the amount of something
Please don't put the candy jar right next to my desk. I'm trying to cut down on sugar.
- cut <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To bring down by cutting
They want to cut down several trees to make room for the parking lot.
- cut <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To insult, to belittle
- cuts <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cut down
- cutting <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Present participle of cut down
- deep <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Fundamentally; in essence; in reality; really
He seems like an average businessman, but deep down he's an overgrown kid with a necktie.
- die <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To become less virulent
We'll be able to sail safely across the bay once the storm dies down.
- doss <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To sleep on someone's sofa or floor because there is no bed spare
After the party, John let me doss down on the living-room floor.
- double <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To double one's wager
- double <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To double or significantly increase a risk, investment, or other commitment
Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama all want to get out of Iraq. They all want to double down in Afghanistan.
- double-<span class="word-self">downspan>
- Alternative form of double down
- doubled <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Simple past tense and past participle of double down
- doubles <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of double down
- doubling <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Present participle of double down
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Field, especially for racing
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- With "on", negative about, hostile to
Ever since Nixon, I've been down on Republicans.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- The direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Hill, rolling grassland
Churchill Downs, Upson Downs (from Auntie Mame, by Patrick Dennis).
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Get down
said to a dog Down, boy!.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To cause to come down
The storm downed several old trees along the highway.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- On a lower level than before
Prices are down.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Inoperable; out of order; out of service
The system is down.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- From one end to another of
They walked down the beach holding hands.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Depressed, feeling low
So, things got you down? / Is Rodney Dangerfield giving you no respect? / Well, bunky, cheer up!.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To write off; to make fun of
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- With "with", relaxed about, accepting of
I'm down with him hanging with us.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps)
I went down to Miami for a conference.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty
He downed an ale and ordered another.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- From the higher end to the lower of
The ball rolled down the hill.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- At a lower place or position
His place is farther down the road.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball
He downed two balls on the break.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- a negative thing
I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Committed to memory; memorised, in phrases like:
It's two weeks until opening night and our lines are still not down yet.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid
I haven't solved 12 or 13 across, but I've got most of the downs.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while it is on the ground
He downed it at the seven-yard line.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Of a task; finished in phrases like:
Two down and three to go. (Two tasks completed and three more still to be done.).
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Away from the city (even if the location is to the North)
Down country.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- Into a state of non-operation
They closed the shop down.
- <span class="word-self">downspan>
- From a higher position to a lower one; downwards
The cat jumped down from the table.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> a shot
- to drink quickly the contents of a shot glass
- <span class="word-self">downspan> and out
- In a condition of poverty or debility, especially as a result of experiencing a financial or personal setback
People who are down and out need some place to turn.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> antiquark
- the antiparticle of a down quark
- <span class="word-self">downspan> at heel
- In poor condition, especially due to having worn heels; worn-out, shabby
A pair of Oxford-mixture trousers . . .fell in a series of not the most graceful folds over a pair of shoes sufficiently down at heel to display a pair of very soiled white stockings.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> at heel
- Shabbily dressed, slovenly; impoverished
Last year, he was down at heel, homeless and had an erratic relationship with his family.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> at the heel
- Alternative form of down at heel
- <span class="word-self">downspan> at the heels
- Alternative form of down at heel
- <span class="word-self">downspan> cellar
- Downstairs; the opposite of upstairs
I had to run down cellar to turn off the water main.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> for the count
- Decisively beaten; rendered irrelevant for the long term
- <span class="word-self">downspan> in the dumps
- Sad; lacking engagement or enthusiasm
Being out of work sometimes makes you feel down in the dumps and being out here with my buddies helps..
- <span class="word-self">downspan> in the heel
- Alternative form of down at heel
- <span class="word-self">downspan> in the heels
- Alternative form of down at heel
- <span class="word-self">downspan> in the mouth
- Sad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance
He was down in the mouth and low on self-confidence, says his mother, Nina Engel.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> line
- A railway line on which trains travel away from a major terminus
The number of down-trains daily is fifty-one, and up-trains fifty; the ropes, therefore, travel 155.25 miles on the up-line, and 158.35 miles on the down-line, or altogether 313.60 miles daily.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> low
- the state of being a man who secretly sleeps with people other than his partner
- <span class="word-self">downspan> low
- the state of being a man who secretly sleeps with other men
- <span class="word-self">downspan> low
- secrecy
I'll tell you, but keep it on the down low.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> on one's luck
- Unlucky or undergoing a period of bad luck, especially with respect to financial matters
Pitcher Kyle Lohse, 29, who has had unsuccessful stints with the Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies, seems to have found a home with the St. Louis Cardinals, a team that has a knack for turning around pitchers down on their luck.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> pat
- Thoroughly practiced, rehearsed, or understood
He has the look of Bruce Lee down pat, with the same defiant expression and spare but muscled frame.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> payment
- By extension, any initial commitment signifying an intention to carry out a larger future commitment, even though no legal rights or obligations are secured
These commitments of troops, trainers, and civilians represent a strong down payment on the future of our mission in Afghanistan and on the future of NATO.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> payment
- A payment representing a fraction of the price of something being purchased, made to secure the right to continue making payments towards that purchase
- <span class="word-self">downspan> payments
- plural form of down payment
- <span class="word-self">downspan> quark
- A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass about 4 to 8 MeV. Symbol: d
- <span class="word-self">downspan> quarks
- plural form of down quark
- <span class="word-self">downspan> start
- a starting position in longtrack speedskating, whereby the speedskater adopts tripod position with the ice surface, with one hand down, and both skates
- <span class="word-self">downspan> tack
- The IPA diacritic of primary articulation: , used to denote a lowered phone; for vowels, the diacritic denotes a slightly more open utterance; for consonants, it moves the point of articulation one step forward in this chain: nasal → plosive → fricative → approximant → trill → tap, flap → lateral fricative → lateral approximant → lateral flap
- <span class="word-self">downspan> the banks
- a severe criticism, scolding, reprimand, or punishment
In a time in Ireland when politicians and public representatives and others are getting down the banks (if you’ll pardon the pun), a special word of gratitude goes to TD John Browne and Enniscorthy Town Councillor Keith Doyle for their support.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> the banks
- in prison
A independent woter ain't the cheese any longer. ... The Stars is out in all kinds o' weather, and if they shines on a feller when he's got half a dozen glasses on board, the Watch-us', Squire Cole, and ten days down the banks, is the word!.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> the drain
- Wasted, squandered; irretrievable
Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> the hatch
- Into the mouth and down the throat, especially with regard to the consumption of a beverage
As waiters brought trays of meat, the guests reached over and harvested the pink slices with their bare hands, popping them down the hatch.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> the line
- Further along, in terms of time or progress
They decided to save money by using the cheapest components available, but down the line they ran into problems with reliability.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> the road
- Further along, in terms of time or progress
They decided to save money by using the cheapest components available, but down the road they ran into problems with reliability.
- <span class="word-self">downspan> the road, not across the street
- Along the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side
- <span class="word-self">downspan> the tube
- Alternative form of down the tubes
