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"Lower in position"

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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈdaʊ̯n/Part of speech adverb, noun, verb, adjectiveSorted dnowStarts with DEnds with N2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Toward a lower place

Word origin

From Middle English doune, from Old English dūn, from Proto-West Germanic *dūn (“sandhill, dune”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz, *dūnǭ (“pile, heap”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze, dust”).

Used in a sentence

  • The cat jumped down from the table.
  • 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.
  • To her humiliation Jessamy found there were tears trickling down her cheeks.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Lower in position4 letters
02Toward a lower place4 letters

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