Overview of noun downing

The noun downing has 1 sense

• Downing, Andrew Jackson Downing -- (United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852))

Overview of verb down

The verb down has 6 senses

• 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")


• devour, down, consume, go through -- (eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal")


• down -- (bring down or defeat (an opponent))


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


• 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")


• polish, refine, fine-tune, down -- (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing")