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Define the word Downed

"Downed" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Down \Down\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Downed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Downing.]
   To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to
   overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.
   [Archaic or Colloq.] "To down proud hearts." --Sir P. Sidney.
   [1913 Webster]

         I remember how you downed Beauclerk and Hamilton, the
         wits, once at our house.                 --Madame
                                                  D'Arblay.
   [1913 Webster]
"downed" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
downed \downed\ adj.
   1. knocked down.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. (Football) touched to the ground, thus ending the play; --
      of a football.
      [PJC]
"downed" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
downed
     adj : 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" [syn: felled] [ant: unfelled]


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