- felled, downed - made to fall (as by striking or cutting or shooting or by illness or exhaustion); "the felled boxer lay stretched on the canvas"; "felled trees covered the hillside"; "the downed oxen lay panting in the heat"; "a downed deer"
- toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill - drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
--1 is one way to drink, imbibe
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- devour, down, consume, go through - eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
--2 is one way to eat
Sample sentence:
They down more bread
- down - bring down or defeat (an opponent)
--3 is one way to get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to down his opponent
- down, shoot down, land - shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down - cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
--5 is one way to strike
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun downer1
The fighter managed to down his opponent
- polish, refine, fine-tune, down - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"
--6 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- down, shoot down, land - shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"