| dower | (verb) furnish with an endowment | Synonyms: endow |
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| down | (verb) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing | Synonyms: fine-tune, polish, refine |
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| (verb) bring down or defeat (an opponent) | - |
| (verb) drink down entirely | Synonyms: belt down, bolt down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off |
| (verb) eat up completely, as with great appetite | Synonyms: consume, demolish, devour, go through |
| (verb) cause to come or go down | Synonyms: cut down, knock down, pull down, push down |
| (verb) shoot at and force to come down | Synonyms: land, shoot down |
| downgrade | (verb) rate lower; lower in value or esteem | - |
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| download | (verb) transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location | - |
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| downplay | (verb) understate the importance or quality of | Synonyms: background, play down |
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| (verb) represent as less significant or important | Synonyms: minimise, minimize, understate |
| downsize | (verb) (of a company) reduce in size or number of employees | - |
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| (verb) design or manufacture in a smaller size | - |
| (verb) dismiss from work | - |
| dowse | (verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | Synonyms: douse, drench, soak, sop, souse |
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| (verb) slacken | Synonyms: douse |
| (verb) use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal | - |
| (verb) wet thoroughly | Synonyms: douse |