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down | gutted |

As a proper noun down

is one of the counties of northern ireland.

As an adjective gutted is

(not comparable) eviscerated.

As a verb gutted is

(gut).

down

English

(wikipedia down)

Etymology 1

(etyl) doun, from (etyl) , from British Celtic dunon'' 'hill; hillfort' (compare Welsh ''din'' 'hill', Irish ''dún'' 'hill, fort'), from (etyl) *''dheue'' or ''dhwene . More at (town); akin to (dune).

Noun

  • Hill, rolling grassland
    • Churchill Downs', Upson '''Downs (from ''Auntie Mame , by Patrick Dennis).
  • * 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
    • And with each end of thy blue bow dost crown
    My bosky acres and my unshrubb'd down
  • * Ray
    • Hills afford prospects, as they must needs acknowledge who have been on the downs of Sussex.
  • * Tennyson
    • She went by dale, and she went by down .
  • (usually plural) Field, especially for racing.
  • (UK, mostly, in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
  • * Sandys
    • Seven thousand broad-tailed sheep grazed on his downs .
  • A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.
  • * Cook (First Voyage)
    • On the 11th [June, 1771] we run up the channel at noon we were abreast of Dover, and about three came to an anchor in the Downs , and went ashore at Deal.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) .

    Adverb

  • (lb) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
  • *
    • It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
  • * , chapter=6
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.}}
  • (lb) At a lower place or position.
  • South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
  • (lb) Away from the city (even if the location is to the North).
  • Into a state of non-operation.
  • (lb) The direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
  • (lb) Get down.
  • Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
  • From a remoter or higher antiquity.
  • * (and other bibliograpic details) (Daniel Webster)
    • Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation.
  • From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence.
    • (Arbuthnot)
  • From less to greater detail.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
  • (lb)
    • Usage notes
    * Down' can be used with verbs in ways that change the meaning of the verb in ways not entirely predictable from the meanings of the ' down and the verb, though related to them. See .
    Antonyms
    * (From a higher position to a lower one) up * (At a lower place) up * up * (Into a state of non-operation) up * up

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • From the higher end to the lower of.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.}}
  • From one end to another of.
    • Antonyms
    * (From the higher end to the lower) up
    Derived terms
    * (from the higher end to the lower) sell down the river

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Depressed, feeling low.
    • So, things got you down ? / Is Rodney Dangerfield giving you no respect? / Well, bunky, cheer up!
  • On a lower level than before.
    • The stock market is down .
    Prices are down .
  • Having a lower score than an opponent.
    • They are down by 3-0 with just 5 minutes to play.
    He was down by a bishop and a pawn after 15 moves.
    At 5-1 down , she produced a great comeback to win the set on a tiebreak.
  • (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
    • Two down and one to go in the bottom of the ninth.
  • (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to
    • Ever since Nixon, I've been down on Republicans.
  • (not comparable, US, slang) Relaxed about, accepting of.
    • Are you down to hang out at the mall, Jamal?
    As long as you're down with helping me pick a phone, Tyrone.
  • (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
    • ''The system is down .
  • Finished]] (of a task); defeated or [[deal with, dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
    • Two down and three to go. (Two tasks completed and three more still to be done.)
    Ten minutes down and nothing's happened yet.
  • (not comparable, military, police, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally; killed.
    • We have an officer down outside the suspect's house.
    There are three soldiers down and one walking wounded.
  • (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
    • We have a chopper down near the river .
  • Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered.
    • It's two weeks until opening night and our lines are still not down yet.
  • * 2013 , P.J. Hoover, Solstice , (ISBN 0765334690), page 355:
    • I stay with Chloe the longest. When she's not hanging out at the beach parties, she lives in a Japanese garden complete with an arched bridge spanning a pond filled with koi of varying sizes and shapes. Reeds shoot out of the water, rustling when the fish swim through them, and river-washed stones are sprinkled in a bed of sand. Chloe has this whole new Japanese thing down .
  • (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
    • a down denial
    (Beaumont and Fletcher)
    Antonyms
    * (Depressed) up * (On a lower level) up * (Having a lower score) up * (Inoperable) up

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
    • He downed an ale and ordered another.
  • To cause to come down; to knock down or subdue.
    • The storm downed several old trees along the highway.
  • * Sir Philip Sidney
    • To down proud hearts.
  • * Madame D'Arblay
    • I remember how you downed Beauclerk and Hamilton, the wits, once at our house.
  • (pocket billiards) To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball.
    • He downed two balls on the break.
  • (American football) To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while it is on the ground.
    • He downed it at the seven-yard line.
  • To write off; to make fun of.
  • (obsolete) To go down; to descend.
    • (John Locke)
    Synonyms
    * (drink) See also

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a negative aspect; a downer.
    • I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.
  • (dated) A grudge ((on) someone).
  • * 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 10:
    • She had a down on me. I don't know what for, I'm sure; because I never said a word.
  • An act of swallowing an entire drink in one.
  • (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down'', or ''is downed .
    • I bet after the third down , the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field.
  • (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
    • I haven't solved 12 or 13 across, but I've got most of the downs .
  • An downstairs room of a two story house.
    • She lives in a two-up two-down .
  • down payment

    • Derived terms

    * down and out * down at heel * down for the count * down in the dumps * down in the mouth * down memory lane * down on one's luck * down payment * down pat * downed (US and Canadian football) * downer * down to the short strokes * first down (US and Canadian football) * fourth down (US football) * second down (US and Canadian football) * third down (US and Canadian football) * top-down * upside down

    References

    * Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition , Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

  • Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
  • (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
  • The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
  • * Dryden
    • The first down begins to shade his face.
  • That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
  • * Tennyson
    • When in the down I sink my head, / Sleep, Death's twin brother, times my breath.
  • * Southern
    • Thou bosom softness, down of all my cares!

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
    • (Young)

    Statistics

    * 100 English basic words English locatives English intensifiers 1000 English basic words ----

    gutted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) eviscerated
  • * 1829: Thomas Curtis (ed), The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana
    • The exports, on the whole, in 1815, exceeded those of 1816; but the gutted herrings exported in the latter year exceeded those of the former by 12606½ barrels
  • * 2006: John Durand, Behind Enemy Lines: A Memoir
    • He was leaning forward, head down, taking one deliberate step after another, both arms behind, dragging his gutted buck by its barely forked antlers.
  • With the most important parts destroyed (often by fire), removed or rendered useless.
  • * 1786: Hannah More, Florio'' read in ''The Works of Hannah More, in Four Volumes: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published, Vol. I. (1803)
    • (referring to the practice of newspapers removing all intermediate vowels from the names of people about whom they were making potentially libelous statements, as eg Fl-r-o, compare 1714 cite of past participle, below ) For he to keep him from the vapours, /Subscribed at Hookham's, saw the papers; /Was deep in poet's-corner wit; /Knew what was in italics writ; /Explain'd fictitious names at will, /Each gutted syllable cou'd fill; /There oft, in paragraphs, his name /Gave symptom sweet of growing fame.
  • * 1841: "An intelligent gentleman of Berwick" quoted in Charles Ellms, The Tragedy of the Seas; Or, Sorrow on the Ocean, Lake, and River, from Shipwreck, Plague, Fire and Famine
    • We have this day paid a visit to the wreck, which is lying in much the same state that it was, only somewhat more gutted by the occasional dashing of the billows amongst its timber and planks.
  • * 1998: Dorothy U. Seyler, Read, Reason, Write
    • The markets will be more gutted than usual.
  • * 2006: John W. Quist, An Occasionally Dry State Surrounded by Water: Temperance and Prohibition in Antebellum Michigan'' read in Paul Finkelman, Martin Hershock (eds), ''History of Michigan Law
    • Recognizing by late April that the new law was gutted beyond repair, the Michigan State Temperance Society urged prohibitionists to interrogate every every political candidate on this issue and to vote only for those who would "publicly pledge" to support "the passage and enforcement of [another] law".
  • (chiefly, archaic) Having a gut or guts.
  • * 1704: Jonathan Swift, A Full and True Account of the Battle Fought last Friday Between the Antient and the Modern Books in St James's Library'' read in John Hawkesworth ''The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, accurately revised In Twelve Volumes, Adorned with Copper-Plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory (1755)
    • Having spoke thus, she took the ugliest of her monsters, full gutted from her spleen, and flung it invisibly into his mouth, which, flying straight up into his head, squeezed out his eye-balls, gave him a distorted look, and half overturned his brain.
  • * 2006: Karra Porter, Mad Seasons: The Story of the First Women's Professional Basketball League, 1978-1981
    • He could tell she wanted to cry. "We've made a pact that we are going to try to get into men's basketball, and we're not going to do any of this crying stuff," he reminded her, and she gutted it out.
  • * 2006: Duane K. Maddy, ''
    • "Uh, I'm having a problem " mumbled the soggy-gutted bear as he suddenly found himself wedged between two large Austrian women.
  • (slang) deeply disappointed
  • * 1986: Keith William Nolan, Into Laos: Dewey Canyon II/Lam Son 719 ; Vietnam 1971
    • The whole platoon had felt gutted , an attitude rarely reflected in press reporters.
  • * 2001: Terry Eagleton, Figures of Dissent: Critical Essays on Fish, Spivak, Zizek and Others
    • Throughout the book he runs the whole gamut of emotion from ‘chuffed' to ‘gutted'', while being on the whole (surprisingly, for a fabulously gifted millionaire) more ' gutted than chuffed, and he cheerfully confesses to a short temper.
  • * 2004: "Bobbins", quoted in Justine Roberts, Mums on Pregnancy: Trade Secrets from the Real Experts
    • The thing I was most gutted about was that I had planned to finish knitting a patchwork cot blanket. It never did get finished.
  • * 2006: Paul Mitch, Life on the Rock and Roll: Dole
    • So there I was feeling totally gutted by the whole ghastly business.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gut)
    • eviscerated
  • * 1824: Charles Swan, Tale I. Of the Wonderful Dispensations of Providence, and of the Rise of Pope Gregory'' in ''Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories: Invented by the monks as a fire-side recreation; and commonly applied in their discourses from the pulpit: whence the most celebrated of our own poets and others, from the earliest times, have extracted their plots. Translated from the Latin with Preliminary Observations and Copious Notes, in Two Volumes. Vol. II.
    • It happened that on the same day, a number of fishes were caught; and as he gutted one of them, he found the keys which seventeen years before he had cast into the sea.
  • * 2006: Emma Christopher, Slave Ship Sailors and Their Captive Cargoes, 1730-1807
    • A small incident noted by another unnamed diarist writes of an African coming to him as he gutted fish to make an impromptu trade of the fish for a coconut.
    destroyed
  • * 1818: W. M. (William Marshall) Craig, Memoir of Her Majesty Sophia Charlotte, of Mecklenburg Strelitz, Queen of Great Britain, &c. &c. &c. shewing From faithful Representations and authentic Documents, that excellent lady to have been always as eminent for her virtues and accomplishments, as illustrious by her birth and high station...[full title stretches to 105 words in spite of the ''&c''s]
    • The mob collected in the neighbourhood of Moorfields, and attacked the School House, as well as some dwellings, belonging to Papists; which they completely gutted , burning even the floors and timber of the apartments.
  • * 2006: Stephen Edward Cresswell, Rednecks, Redeemers, And Race: Mississippi After Reconstruction, 1877-1917
    • Many believed this provision gutted the new law, as Lowry appointed three very conservative men to the body.
  • Past participle of
    • eviscerated
  • * 1767: Henry Brooke, The Fool of Quality: Or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland
    • During this confabulation, the whole house, drawers and all, was gutted as clean as a fowl for supper.
  • * 1801: John Coakley Lettsom, ''Hints Designed to Promote Beneficence, Temperance, & Medical Science, Vol 1
    • (of slightly salted herrings ) Let them be gutted , washed, and soaked, in cold water for an hour, then put them into the boiler in cold water.
  • * 2006: Neal Lineback, Charley Craft: The Life and Times of a North Carolinian Turned Oklahoma Homesteader, 1872-1934
    • The chicken would be gutted , a process that usually took place in the barnyard.
    destroyed
  • * 1714: Joseph Addison, The Spectator No. 567: On Innuendos, Paper I.'' read in Anna Letitia Barbauld, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, ''Selections from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, and Freeholder: With a Preliminary Essay: in three volumes: Vol. II. (1804)
    • This way of writing was first of all introduced by T—m Br—wn, of facetious memory, who, after having gutted a proper name of all its intermediate vowels, used to plant it in his works, and make as free with it as he pleased, without any danger of the statute.
  • * 1751: Thomas Gordon, Richard Barron, A Cordial for Low Spirits, Being a Collection of Valuable Tracts by the Late Thomas Gordon Esq; The Second Edition, Vol 1
    • For, not to mention that the Town would infallibly have been plundered, had not the Inhabitants gutted their Houses when they run away, it is certain that we have vanquished several great Guns, and brought them away Captives.
  • * 2006: Robert F. (EDT) Williams, State Constitutions for the Twenty-First Century, Volume 1: The Politics of State Constitutional Reform
    • Sponsoring groups employed the constitutional initiative only after their proposals were twice blocked by gubernatorial vetoes and their successful statutory initiative was gutted by subsequent legislation.
    upset
  • * 1987: Susan Carroll, Winterbourne
    • He was as gutted and empty as the ruined walls whose shadows loomed over him in the fleeting light of day.
  • * 2006: Marina Nicholas, Mohammed Taranissi, 3 steps to fertility: The Infertile Couple's Guide to Maximising Their Ability to Conceive
    • In order to progress, we need to wait until the next period! I'm gutted ! Been given some tablets to help accelerate this and should get it within 7-10 days.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "gutted")