Word

down, v.
(downed, downing, downs)
freq. cnt. 5

drink down entirely
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

belt down bolt down down drink down kill pop pour down toss off

sample sentences

"He downed three martinis before dinner"
"She killed a bottle of brandy that night"
"They popped a few beer after work"

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semantic pointers

hypernym

drink, imbibe

bring down or defeat (an opponent)
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

down

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The fighter managed to %s his opponent

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

sport, athletics

hypernym

overcome, defeat, get the better of

eat up completely, as with great appetite
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

consume demolish devour down go through

sample sentences

"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
"The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
They %s more bread

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

devourer

semantic pointers

hypernym

eat up, finish, polish off

improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

down fine-tune polish refine

sample sentences

"refine one's style of writing"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

polish

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

refinement refiner refinement

semantic pointers

hypernym

improve, amend, better, ameliorate, meliorate

hyponym

overrefine, over-refine educate, train, school, cultivate, civilize, civilise

cause to come or go down
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

cut down down knock down pull down push down

sample sentences

"The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"
"The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

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The fighter managed to %s his opponent

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

downer

semantic pointers

hypernym

strike

hyponym

submarine

shoot at and force to come down
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

down land shoot down

sample sentences

"the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

land