down-n; 8 Senses

Sense Number 1: down feather

Commentary: DOWN[+body_part][+undercoat][+feather][+of_bird] fine soft feathers

Examples:
This comforter is made of down.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: soft hair

Commentary: DOWN[+body_part][+undercoat][+hair][+of_mammal] fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs.

Examples:
Our St. Bernard's down keeps her warm in the cold.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 3: american football: downs

Commentary: DOWN[+event][+play][+football][+for_advancement][+of_ball] a complete play to advance the football

Examples:
You have four downs to gain ten yards.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 4: highland

Commentary: DOWN[+location][+geographical][+highland][+rolling] a rolling treeless highland with little soil (usually plural)

Examples:
The downs in the northern part of the state are beautiful.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 5: Mr. Down

Commentary: Down, John L. H. Down - English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828 - 1896

Examples:
Down was an English physician.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 6: an unpleasant or difficult experience

Commentary: DOWN[+event][+experience][+unpleasant]

Examples:
Their marriage has had its ups and downs over the years.
The economy experienced more ups than downs during the past decade.

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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 7: personal emotional depression

Commentary: DOWN[+state][+emotional][+depression]

Examples:
The patient has experienced severe downs without his medication.
John's down after his divorce lasted more than a year.

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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 8: a direction opposite of up

Commentary: DOWN[+location][+orientation][+direction][+opposite][+of_up]

Examples:
When she experienced vertigo she could not tell down from up.
Down and up are completely relative directions in space.

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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1