Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun downing

1 sense of downing

Sense 1
Downing, Andrew Jackson Downing -- (United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852))
       INSTANCE OF=> landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscaper, landscapist -- (someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb down

6 senses of down

Sense 1
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")
       => drink, imbibe -- (take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda")

Sense 2
devour, down, consume, go through -- (eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal")
       => eat -- (take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?")

Sense 3
down -- (bring down or defeat (an opponent))
       => get the better of, overcome, defeat -- (win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up")

Sense 4
down, shoot down, land -- (shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft")

Sense 5
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")
       => strike -- (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead")

Sense 6
polish, refine, fine-tune, down -- (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing")
       => better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate -- (to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes")