downs
Definitions
Noun
- Soft fine feathers
- (american football) a complete play to advance the football
- English physician who first described down's syndrome (1828-1896)
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- Fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
Verb
- Drink down entirely
- Eat immoderately
- Bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- Shoot at and force to come down
- Cause to come or go down
- Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
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Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "downs".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | downstairs | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | downs | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | downstream | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | breakdowns | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | shutdowns | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | closedowns | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | countdowns | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | crackdowns | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | downscale | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | downside | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | downsides | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | downsize | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | downsized | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | downsizes | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | downsizing | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | downsizings | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | downstage | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | downstate | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | downswing | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | drawdowns | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | markdowns | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | putdowns | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | shakedowns | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | showdowns | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | slowdowns | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | writedowns | 2 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "downs".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dunes | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | danes | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | dan's | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | dean's | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | dawns | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | deans | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | dens | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | dines | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | daines | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | dains | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | dane's | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | danz | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | dawn's | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | deigns | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | deines | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | denes | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | denz | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | doan's | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | don's | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | dones | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | dons | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | donze | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | down's | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | downes | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | dun's | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | duns | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | dynes | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | eddins | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | edens | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "downs".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "downs" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "downs" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dover downs | 2 | 3 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "downs" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "downs".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dawns | 1 | 1 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 11
Fragments: 27
Sound Alikes: 29
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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