Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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down | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
refine | No | No | Yes | No |
down (noun) | refine (noun) |
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(American football) a complete play to advance the football | |
soft fine feathers | |
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) | |
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil |
down (adjective) | refine (adjective) |
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being or moving lower in position or less in some value | |
filled with melancholy and despondency | |
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place | |
becoming progressively lower | |
not functioning (temporarily or permanently) | |
lower than previously | |
shut | |
being put out in a game of baseball | |
understood perfectly |
down (verb) | refine (verb) |
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improve or perfect by pruning or polishing | reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities |
bring down or defeat (an opponent) | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing |
drink down entirely | treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition |
eat up completely, as with great appetite | attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying |
cause to come or go down | make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of |
shoot at and force to come down | make more complex, intricate, or richer |
down (adverb) | refine (adverb) |
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spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position | |
away from a more central or a more northerly place | |
paid in cash at time of purchase | |
in an inactive or inoperative state | |
to a lower intensity | |
from an earlier time |