Downs is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for DOWNS in dictionary:

VERB:
• DOWN, to cause to fall
• knock or bring to the ground
• consume (something, typically a drink)
• sink (a putt)
• put (the ball) out of play deliberately by touching one's knee to the ground while holding the ball or touching the ball itself to the ground
PREPOSITION:
• from a higher to a lower point of (something)
• at or to the part of (a river or stream) that is nearer the sea
• moving or at a point further along the course of (something)
• at or to (a place)
• throughout (a period of time)
PLURAL NOUN:
• low grassy hills, esp in S England
NOUN:
• one of the Six Counties of Northern Ireland, since 1973 an administrative district; chief town, Downpatrick.
ADVERB:
• towards or in a lower place or position, especially to or on the ground or another surface
• at or to a specified distance below
• downstairs
• expressing movement or position away from the north
• to or at a place perceived as lower (often expressing casualness or lack of hurry)
• away from the capital or major city
• away from a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge
• (with reference to food or drink swallowed) in or into the stomach
• so as to lie or be fixed flush or flat
• used as a command to a person or animal to sit or lie down
• referring to a crossword answer which reads vertically
• to or at a lower level of intensity, volume, or activity
• to or at a lower price, value, or rank
• to a finer consistency, a smaller amount or size, or a simpler or more basic state
• from an earlier to a later point in time or order
• in or into a weaker or worse position, mood, or condition
• losing or at a disadvantage by a specified amount
• used to express progress through a series of tasks or items
• (of a computer system) out of action or unavailable for use
• shouted to express strong dislike of a specified person or thing
• in or into writing
• on or on to a list, schedule, or record
• (with reference to partial payment of a sum of money) made initially or on the spot
• (of sailing) with the current or the wind.
• (of the ball or a player in possession) not in play, typically through progress being stopped.
• (of a ship's helm) moved round to leeward so that the rudder is to windward.
ADJECTIVE:
• directed or moving towards a lower place or position
• relating to or denoting trains travelling away from the main terminus
• denoting a flavour of quark having a charge of −1/3. Protons and neutrons are thought to be composed of combinations of up and down quarks.
• unhappy; depressed
• (of a computer system) temporarily out of action or unavailable
• supporting or going along with someone or something
• aware of and following the latest fashion
• denoting a flavour of quark having a charge of −1/3. Protons and neutrons are thought to be composed of combinations of up and down quarks.

Words related to DOWNS

down8 downed11 downing12 downland13

Words that contain DOWNS

godowns12 cutdowns14 downside13 downsize21 downspin14 hagdowns16 hoedowns15 letdowns12 lowdowns15 mixdowns21 paydowns17 pindowns14 putdowns14 rubdowns14 rundowns12 sundowns12 backdowns21 blowdowns18 chowdowns21 comedowns17 cooldowns15 downscale15 downshift19 downsides14 downsized23 downsizer22 downsizes22 downslide14 downslope15 downspins15 downspout15 downstage14 downstair13 downstate13 downswept18 downswing17 drawdowns17 facedowns18 holddowns17 kickdowns23 lockdowns19 lookdowns17 markdowns19 meltdowns15 playdowns18 pushdowns18 showdowns19 shutdowns16 slimdowns15 slowdowns16 stowdowns16 takedowns17 teardowns13 thindowns16 turndowns13 washdowns19 beatdowns15 dropdowns16 breakdowns20 bringdowns17 builddowns17 clampdowns20 climbdowns20 closedowns16 countdowns16 crackdowns22 downscaled17 downscales16 downshifts20 downsizers23 downsizing24 downslides15 downslopes16 downspouts16 downstages15 downstairs14 downstater14 downstates14 downstream16 downstroke18 downswings18 eiderdowns15 knockdowns24 pastedowns16 phasedowns19 scrumdowns18 shakedowns21 shootdowns17 smackdowns22 spelldowns16 standdowns15 swansdowns17 throwdowns20 touchdowns19 writedowns17 bouncedowns19 downscaling18 downshifted22 downshifter21 downsizings25 Show more ...

How to use DOWNS in a sentence

• I looked out upon the undulating wooded landscape, hemmed in by the sweep of distant Downs, and I tasted a whiff of the sea.
• With our first toss upon the downs, a world of new and fresh experiences began.
• Before sunset they had reached the little town that guards the gate in the wall of the Sussex downs.
• And beyond the town we climbed again on to the high land, through a beautiful country of interwoven downs, and more plentiful habitation.
• Godwine went with them to a place on the downs called Chancton, where was a great house of the earl.
• And the plain, said he, was not so wholly flat and even as it looked from up there, but swelled at whiles into downs and low hills.
• These are the two great objects to attend to from Dover and the Downs, and perhaps one of the small Ports to the westward.
• Vincent in the words quoted, he assumes, what did not at any time exist, thirty or forty sail-of-the-line for the North Sea and the Downs.
• Nelson returned to the Downs, bitterly grieved, but not greatly discouraged.
• Having started again we came one and a quarter miles over rich downs very much overrun with roley-poley.
• The tracks were made probably by the parties who have occupied Bowen Downs.
• These downs extend as far as the eye can reach to the eastward.
• It has neither wings nor embellishments but stood squarely in its gardens, looking southwards to the Downs.
• It was on Stockbridge Downs that he met his first check.
• His life consisted in rabbit-shooting and riding out every morning to see his sheep upon the downs.
• By whom and under what circumstances they swore they knew not, much less did they know of Downs, or of how she chanced to have the scarf once worn by the Frenchwoman Elise.
• Then, I believe, she strove to get Downs to steal them, and gave him the money with which to desert and bring them to her.
• Infatuated with Elise, and believing in her promise to marry him, he had placed his savings in her hands, even as had Downs and Carmody.
• Domestic servants have their industrial ups and downs like other workers.
• The walks over Black Patch and Harrow Hill are among the best in the central Downs.
• She was not the girl who had ridden with him upon the downs and made one month of his life very memorable and one day a shameful recollection.
• A certain little village underneath the great White Horse on the Dorsetshire Downs rose with a disturbing vividness before her eyes.
• How was it above the Downs of Dorsetshire, he wondered.
• The vessel on board which a poor African had been dragged and confined had reached the Downs, and had actually got under weigh for the West Indies.
• I once walked alone, on a perfect summer day, on the South Downs.
• But he grew strong and brave and cunning, upon the pleasant downs of Pelion, in the keen, hungry mountain-air.
• From behind a projection in the downs a group of men had appeared, carrying a large boat.

Similar words containing DOWN without suffix s

down8 adown9 downa9 downy12 downed11 downer10 godown11 cutdown13 downbow16 downcry16 downers11 downier11 downies11 downily14 downing12 downlow14 godowns12 hagdown15 hoedown14 letdown11 lowdown14 mixdown20 paydown16 pindown13 putdown13 rubdown13 rundown11 sundown11 backdown20 blowdown17 chowdown20 comedown16 cooldown14 cutdowns14 downbeat14 downbows17 downcast14 downcome16 downfall15 downflow18 downhaul15 downhill15 downhole15 downiest12 downland13 downless12 downlike16 downlink16 download13 downlows15 downmost14 downpipe16 downplay17 downpour14 downrate12 downrush15 downside13 downsize21 downspin14 downtick18 downtime14 downtown15 downtrod13 downturn12 downward16 downwarp17 downwash18 downwind16 downzone21 drawdown16 facedown17 hagdowns16 hoedowns15 holddown16 kickdown22 letdowns12 lockdown18 lookdown16 lowdowns15 markdown18 meltdown14 mixdowns21 paydowns17 pindowns14 playdown17 pushdown17 putdowns14 rubdowns14 rundowns12 showdown18 shutdown15 slimdown14 slowdown15 stowdown15 sundowns12 takedown16 teardown12 thindown15 turndown12 washdown18 Show more ...

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