Downed

Word DOWNED
Character 6
Hyphenation downed
Pronunciations /daʊnd/

Definitions and meanings of "Downed"

What do we mean by downed?

To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down, to fell.

To lower; to put (something) down.

To defeat; to overpower.

To disparage, to put down.

To go or come down; to descend.

To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.

To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.

(pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.

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The word "downed" in example sentences

Now I know a man who is actually _in_ it, and he _says_ -- and he knows this for a _fact_ -- that from the _moment_ when the _first man_ downed tools -- from the very moment when he _downed tools_ ... " ❋ Unknown (1919)

At Moscow, Safin downed Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, 6-2 to win it for Russia. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He called the downed U.S. drone in Iran "a significant intelligence loss" and said he thinks the administration should have considered going in and "taking out the drone." ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

He also voted against another amendment that would have discouraged the sale of what is called downed animal meat, meat from animals too sick to stand and he voted against allowing the shield to apply to applying to manufacturers and distributors of weight loss products that have been found to harmful to consumers. ❋ Ellen Beth Gill (2008)

The bright spot was that two of the punts were downed, which is what the punt team is trying to accomplish. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The other day, after work, MWK and I were sitting on my deck while Teddy ran around the yard, having all kinds of fun in the doggie play land (also known as the downed tree). ❋ Unknown (2009)

He has had 15 punts downed, which is tops in the league. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He is proposing that ANC commissioners receive training and be given emergency kits so they can help police and firefighters respond to incidents such as downed power lines or trees. ❋ Washington Post Editors (2011)

The trick to finding them is to cut the river down to size, fishing obvious holes and pools behind rocks, fishing around the numerous forks in the river, and along bank cover, such as downed trees. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You may recall that the whole episode began with the posting of a video on YouTube showing the producer in question -- Westland/Hallmark -- processing 'downed' cattle. ❋ Dan (2008)

Do you mean like Joe Biden who claimed he was shot at in Baghdad and that his helicopter was "downed" between Afghanistan and Pakistan. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Of course he neglected to mention that it was only "downed" by a snowstorm. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Even when you can't see the beds, cover such as downed trees, stumps, weeds, and lily pads are all excellent places to catch spawning bass, as well as fish preparing for or just finishing the process. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Woody cover such as downed timber or shoreline stumps will also hold fish. ❋ Unknown (2004)

One-third of Broward County (Fort Lauderdale) is without power, and their 9-1-1 system is being overwhelmed by people calling in with non-emergency (as in life-threatening) problems such as downed tree limbs and power outages. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The weakling who never "downed" men in reality was always "downing" them in thought. ❋ George Douglas Brown (1885)

Templandmuir was a very different being from the autocrat who "downed" his fellows in the town. ❋ George Douglas Brown (1885)

John set his bare feet wide (he was only in his shirt and knickers) and eyed the man whom his father had "downed" with a kind of silent swagger. ❋ George Douglas Brown (1885)

Gourlay, with stabbing eyes, threatened, and birred, and "downed" him, till he crept away with a face like chalk, and a hunted, furtive eye. ❋ George Douglas Brown (1885)

The click of the front-door latch, followed by his firm step overhead, was their signal, and up they would come, tumbling over each other in their eagerness to reach his cheeks -- straight up, their paws scraping his clothes; then a swoop into the dining-room, when they would be "downed" to the floor, their eyes following his every movement. ❋ Francis Hopkinson Smith (1876)

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