Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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improve | No | No | Yes | No |
down | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
improve (noun) | down (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 |
improve (adjective) | down (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 |
improve (verb) | down (verb) |
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get better | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing |
to make better | bring down or defeat (an opponent) |
drink down entirely | |
eat up completely, as with great appetite | |
cause to come or go down | |
shoot at and force to come down |
improve (adverb) | down (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 |