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downed

 
Adjective downed has 1 sense
  1. felled, downed - made to fall (as by striking or cutting or shooting or by illness or exhaustion); "the felled boxer lay stretched on the canvas"; "felled trees covered the hillside"; "the downed oxen lay panting in the heat"; "a downed deer"
Verb down has 6 senses
  1. toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill - drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
    --1 is one way to drink, imbibe
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. devour, down, consume, go through - eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
    --2 is one way to eat
    Sample sentence:
    They down more bread
  3. down - bring down or defeat (an opponent)
    --3 is one way to
    get the better of, overcome, defeat
    Sample sentence:
    The fighter managed to down his opponent
  4. down, shoot down, land - shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down - cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
    --5 is one way to strike
    Derived form: noun downer1
    Sample sentence:
    The fighter managed to down his opponent
  6. polish, refine, fine-tune, down - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"
    --6 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
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