Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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swan's down | Yes | No | No | No |
down | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
swan's down (noun) | down (noun) |
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down of the swan | (American football) a complete play to advance the football |
soft woolen fabric used especially for baby clothes | 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 |
swan's down (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 |
swan's down (verb) | down (verb) |
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improve or perfect by pruning or polishing | |
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 |
swan's down (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 |