downs

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/daʊnz/

proper noun

A surname.

“Let's go for a walk on the Downs.”

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Meanings

downs1

noun
  1. pluralplural of down
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of down

Downs2

proper noun
  1. A surname.
proper nounthe Downs
  1. SussexThe South Downs.

    Let's go for a walk on the Downs.

  2. A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.

    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.

    1771, James Cook, diary
  3. UKhistoricalobsoleteslangTothill Fields Bridewell, a prison located in the Westminster area of central London between 1618 and 1884.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with downs

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Anagrams

sdown
Cite this entry
APA

downs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downs

MLA

“downs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downs. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “downs,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downs.

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