Crossword-Solution: DOWN
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| Down | n. | Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool |
| Down | n. | The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets. |
| Down | n. | The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle. |
| Down | n. | The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear. |
| Down | n. | That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down |
| Down | v. t. | To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down. |
| Down | prep. | A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; -- usually in the plural. |
| Down | prep. | A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; -- usually in the plural. |
| Down | prep. | A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war. |
| Down | prep. | A state of depression; low state; abasement. |
| Down | adv. | In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up. |
| Down | adv. | From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion. |
| Down | adv. | In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet. |
| Down | adv. | From a remoter or higher antiquity. |
| Down | adv. | From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions. |
| Down | adv. | In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well. |
| Down | adv. | Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound. |
| Down | v. t. | To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down. |
| Down | v. i. | To go down; to descend. |
| Down | a. | Downcast; as, a down look. |
| Down | a. | Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial. |
| Down | a. | Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway. |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
RNAOEC
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with DOWN (5)
John lived in a boat turned upside down on the sands, Michael in a wigwam, Wendy in a house of leaves deftly sewn together.
Cried the fierce Kabibonokka, “Who is this that dares to brave me? Dares to stay in my dominions, When the Wawa has departed, When the wild-goose has gone southward, And the heron, the Shuh-shuh-gah, Long ago departed southward? I will go into his wigwam, I will put his smouldering fire out!” And at night Kabibonokka, To the lodge came wild and wailing, Heaped the snow in drifts about it, Shouted down into the smoke-flue, Shook the lodge-poles in his fury, Flapped the curtain of the door-way.
Him the Almighty Power Hurld headlong flaming from th’ Ethereal Skie With hideous ruine and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire, Who durst defie th’ Omnipotent to Arms.
When he saw them leaping about in the net upon the rock he said: “O you most perverse creatures, when I piped you would not dance, but now that I have ceased you do so merrily.” Hercules and the Wagoner A CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into a rut.
From the rising till the going down of the sun, he was cursing, raving, cutting, and slashing among the slaves of the field, in the most frightful manner.
Quotes with DOWN (3)
People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to …
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grassthe world is too full to talk about.
Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 191 times in crossword archives (1945–2025).