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Definition: Downing

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852).[Wordnet].
Verb 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb down.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Base
(downly)		 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective down.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(down)		 1. Eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal".[Wordnet].
2. Bring down or defeat (an opponent).[Wordnet].
3. Shoot at and force to come down.[Wordnet].
4. 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".[Wordnet].
5. Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing.[Wordnet].
6. Drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work".[Wordnet].
7. To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.[Websters].
8. To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.[Websters].
9. To go down; to descend.[Websters].
10. Base verb from the following inflections: downing, downed, downs, downer, downers, downingly and downedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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"Downing" is a common misspelling or typo for: drowning, downings.

Date "Downing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references)

Common Expressions: Downing

Expressions Definition
10 Downing Street 10 Downing Street, commonly known as Number 10, is arguably the most famous street address in London. It is the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, which office has since the beginning of the twentieth century also been held simultaneously by the British Prime Minister. (references)
11 Downing Street 11 Downing Street (commonly known as Number 11), is the official residence of the Second Lord of the Treasury in Britain, who in modern times has always been the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (references)
12 Downing Street 12 Downing Street is the official residence of the Chief Whip of the governing party of the UK Parliament. (references)
9 Downing Street 9 Downing Street is the current office of the Chief Whip. (references)
Al Downing (baseball player) Al Downing (born June 28, 1941 in Trenton, New Jersey) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for 17 seasons from 1961-1977. He entered the majors with the New York Yankees, and then played for the Oakland Athletics and Milwaukee Brewers before retiring with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Downing is most remembered for surrendering the record-breaking 715th home run hit by Hank Aaron on April 8, 1974. (references)
Andrew Jackson Downing United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Andrew Jackson Downing Andrew Jackson Downing (born October 31, 1815 - died July 28, 1852) was an American landscape designer and writer from Newburgh, New York and the editor and publisher of The Horticulturist magazine. (references)
Arthur Matthew Weld Downing Arthur Matthew Weld Downing (April 13 1850 - December 8 1917) was a British astronomer. (references)
Brian Downing Brian Jay Downing (b. October 9, 1950 in Los Angeles, California) is a former professional baseball player who had a 20-year MLB career. During the early part of his career with the Chicago White Sox (1973-1977), the slugger spent most of his time as a catcher. However, he began being used mostly as an outfielder after moving to the California Angels (1978-1990). Downing, who played his final two seasons with the Texas Rangers, also spent a good amount of time, especially later in his career, as a designated hitter. He remained a productive hitter until retiring at age 41. (references)
Downing College Boat Club Downing College Boat Club (or DCBC) is the rowing club for members of Downing College, Cambridge. Despite the college admitting undergraduates in 1821, Downing's boatclub did not form until 1864. Not until the 1960s did Downing's 1st VIII regularly feature in the 1st division of the Lent and May Bumps. Since then, Downing men have held the headship of both events on several occasions. Downing women formed in 1981 and currently hold the headship of the Lent Bumps. Downing women have never been head of the May Bumps, reaching their highest position of 5th in the last few years. (references)
Downing Professor of Medicine The Downing Professorship of Medicine was one of the senior professorships in medicine at the University_of_Cambridge. (references)
Downing Stadium Downing Stadium was a 22,000 seat football stadium in New York, New York. Built in 1934, it served as the home stadium of the New York Stars of the WFL, 1974, and the New York Cosmos of the NASL, 1975. Downing Stadium, a WPA project, was torn down in 2002 for a newer complex, Icahn Stadium, which has been completed in 2004. (references)
Downing Street 1: The British government. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  2: A street of Westminster in London; "the Prime Minister lives at No. 10 Downing Street". Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Downing Street Declaration The Downing Street Declaration was a joint declaration issued on December 15, 1993 by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, John Major and Albert Reynolds, the Taoiseach (prime minister) of the Republic of Ireland. It affirmed the right of the people of Northern Ireland to self-determination, and that the province would be transferred to the Republic of Ireland from the United Kingdom if and only if a majority of its population was in favour of such a move. It pledged the governments to seek a peaceful constitutional settlement, and promised that parties linked with paramilitaries (such as Sinn Féin) could take part in a settlement, so long as they abandoned violence. (references)
Downing Street memo The "Downing Street memo" (occasionally DSM), sometimes described by critics of the Iraq War as the "smoking gun memo", contains an overview of a secret 23 July 2002 meeting among United Kingdom government, defence and intelligence figures, discussing the build-up to the war—including direct reference to classified United States policy of the time. (references)
K. K. Downing Kenneth "K.K." Downing Jr. (born on October 27, 1951 in West Bromwich, England) is a guitarist and founding member of British heavy metal pioneers Judas Priest. (references)
Ken Downing Ken Downing was a Formula One driver from the United Kingdom. He participated in 2 grands prix, debuting on July 19, 1952. He scored 0 championship points. (references)
Murray Downing Murray Downing (born February 7, 1956 in Virden, Manitoba) is a Canadian farmer and politician. In the Canadian federal election of 2004, he was a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada in the southwestern Manitoba riding of Brandon-Souris. (references)
Stewart Downing Stewart Downing, (born July 22 1984), is an English football player, whose performances at the start of the 2004-2005 season for Middlesbrough F.C., had seen calls in the British media for him to be called up to the England squad, primarily as a solution for the team's problems on the left side of midfield. (references)
William L. Downing William L. Downing is a judge of the Superior Court of Washington for King County (Seattle) and a former deputy prosecutor. He is famous for his ruling that same-sex marriages are legal in Washington, as well as for the prosecutions of the Wah Mee Massacre killers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: Downing

Expressions Domain Definition
Downing Professor Literature 1: The Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge. This chair was founded in 1800 by Sir George Downing, Bart.
2: (London). Named after Sir George Downing, who died 1684. He was elected M.P. for Morpeth in 1661. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Topics by Level of Interest: Downing

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
10 Downing Street 94     10 Downing Street 94
Downing Street memo 78     10 Downing Street Guard Chairs 4
Downing College, Cambridge 25     11 Downing Street 5
Charles Downing 22     12 Downing Street 3
Al Downing 22     2007 Georgia plane downing incident 14
Stewart Downing 19     After Downing Street 6
Downing Street 18     Al Downing 22
Charles Downing Lay 14     Al Downing (baseball) 9
Walt Downing 14     Al Downing (musician) 11
2007 Georgia plane downing incident 14     Alfred Downing Fripp 9
Andrew Jackson Downing 14     Alfred Downing Fripp (artist) 3
Downing College Boat Club 14     Alfred Downing Fripp (surgeon) 4
K. K. Downing 14     Andrew Jackson Downing 14
Wayne A. Downing 12     Arthur Matthew Weld Downing 3
Al Downing (musician) 11     Brian Downing 9
Will Downing 11     Burton Downing 4
Lewis Downing 10     Charles Downing 22
Keith Downing 9     Charles Downing (pomologist) 4
Brian Downing 9     Charles Downing Lay 14
Al Downing (baseball) 9     Dean Downing 6
Alfred Downing Fripp 9     Downing Centre, Sydney 5
Greg Downing 8     Downing College, Cambridge 25
Downing Park (Newburgh, New York) 8     Downing College Boat Club 14
Russell Downing 8     Downing Park (Newburgh, New York) 8
Steve Downing 7     Downing Professor of Medicine 3
Ken Downing 7     Downing Professor of the Laws of England 3
Downing Stadium 7     Downing Provincial Park 2
Michael Downing 6     Downing Site 5
Dean Downing 6     Downing Stadium 7
After Downing Street 6     Downing Street 18
Downing Centre, Sydney 5     Downing Street Declaration 5
Eric Downing 5     Downing Street Kindling 5
Downing Street Declaration 5     Downing Street memo 78
Downing Site 5     Eric Downing 5
J. Downing 5     Finis E. Downing 3
Downing Street Kindling 5     Greg Downing 8
11 Downing Street 5     J. Downing 5
Charles Downing (pomologist) 4     Jack G. Downing 4
Stephen Downing 4     Jacob Downing 3
Thomas Downing 4     K. K. Downing 14
Burton Downing 4     Keith Downing 9
Thomas N. Downing 4     Ken Downing 7
10 Downing Street Guard Chairs 4     Ken Downing (alternative meanings) 2
Jack G. Downing 4     Lewis Downing 10
Alfred Downing Fripp (surgeon) 4     M. Leslie Downing 3
Murray Downing 4     Michael Downing 6
12 Downing Street 3     Murray Downing 4
Downing Professor of the Laws of England 3     Russell Downing 8
Finis E. Downing 3     Stephen Downing 4
Alfred Downing Fripp (artist) 3     Steve Downing 7
William L. Downing 3     Stewart Downing 19
Downing Professor of Medicine 3     The Missing Number 10 Downing Street 3
Arthur Matthew Weld Downing 3     Thomas Downing 4
Jacob Downing 3     Thomas N. Downing 4
M. Leslie Downing 3     Vanessa Downing 2
The Missing Number 10 Downing Street 3     Walt Downing 14
Vanessa Downing 2     Wayne A. Downing 12
Ken Downing (alternative meanings) 2     Will Downing 11
Downing Provincial Park 2     William L. Downing 3

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Translations: Downing

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya مُحْزَن (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), أَسْيان (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), زَغَب (down, fluff, fuzz, downed, Downing), سُفْلِيّ (down, downed, Downing, Downs, downstairs), تَحْت (under, beneath, down, underneath, downed), تَحْتانِيّ (down, downed, Downing, Downs, inferior), تَحْتِيّ (down, downed, Downing, Downs, inferior), حَزْنَان (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), حَزِن (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), أَسْوَان (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha مُحْزَن (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), أَسْيان (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), زَغَب (down, fluff, fuzz, downed, Downing), سُفْلِيّ (down, downed, Downing, Downs, downstairs), تَحْت (under, beneath, down, underneath, downed), تَحْتانِيّ (down, downed, Downing, Downs, inferior), تَحْتِيّ (down, downed, Downing, Downs, inferior), حَزْنَان (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), حَزِن (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), أَسْوَان (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic مُحْزَن (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), أَسْيان (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), زَغَب (down, fluff, fuzz, downed, Downing), سُفْلِيّ (down, downed, Downing, Downs, downstairs), تَحْت (under, beneath, down, underneath, downed), تَحْتانِيّ (down, downed, Downing, Downs, inferior), تَحْتِيّ (down, downed, Downing, Downs, inferior), حَزْنَان (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), حَزِن (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), أَسْوَان (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski Даунинг Стрийт (Downing street), Британското Правителство (Downing street). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski (transliteration) dauning striyt (Downing street), britanskoto pravitelstvo (Downing street). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian vyprázdnění (depletion, evacuation, clearance, defecation, discharge), spořádání (Downing), skolení (Downing). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese tragando (inhaling, tolerating, Downing). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian Даунинг Стрийт (Downing street), Британското Правителство (Downing street). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian (transliteration) dauning striyt (Downing street), britanskoto pravitelstvo (Downing street). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina vyprázdnění (depletion, evacuation, clearance, defecation, discharge), spořádání (Downing), skolení (Downing). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 击落 (bring down, downing, shoot down, shot), 唐宁街 (Downing Street). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 擊落 (bring down, downing, shot), 唐寧街 (Downing Street). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech vyprázdnění (depletion, evacuation, clearance, defecation, discharge), spořádání (Downing), skolení (Downing). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch ruinierend (dilapidating, downing, marring, scuttling, devastating). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Français avalant (swallowing, downstream, absorbing, devouring, Downing). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
French avalant (swallowing, downstream, absorbing, devouring, Downing). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
German ruinierend (dilapidating, downing, marring, scuttling, devastating). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 영국정부 (Downing street), 미국의 증권가 (Downing street), 다우닝가 (Downing street), 다우닝 스트리트 (Downing street). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 영국정부 (Downing street), 미국의 증권가 (Downing street), 다우닝가 (Downing street), 다우닝 스트리트 (Downing street). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew רחוב דאונינג (Downing Street). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic مُحْزَن (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), أَسْيان (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), زَغَب (down, fluff, fuzz, downed, Downing), سُفْلِيّ (down, downed, Downing, Downs, downstairs), تَحْت (under, beneath, down, underneath, downed), تَحْتانِيّ (down, downed, Downing, Downs, inferior), تَحْتِيّ (down, downed, Downing, Downs, inferior), حَزْنَان (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), حَزِن (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest), أَسْوَان (blue, blued, bluer, blues, bluest). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
High German ruinierend (dilapidating, downing, marring, scuttling, devastating). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch ruinierend (dilapidating, downing, marring, scuttling, devastating). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit רחוב דאונינג (Downing Street). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese ダウニング (Downing), 負かし (defeating, Downing, besting, Worsting), 足取り (gait, Downing an opponent by grabbing his leg, manner of walking, footstep, footfall), あしとり (downing an opponent by grabbing his leg), 負か通り (Downing street, downing-street), ダウニング街10番地 (10 Downing Street). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 영국정부 (Downing street), 미국의 증권가 (Downing street), 다우닝가 (Downing street), 다우닝 스트리트 (Downing street). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese tragando (inhaling, tolerating, Downing). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian даунинг (Downing), даунинг-стрит (Downing street). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) dauning (Downing), dauning-strit (Downing street). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki даунинг (Downing), даунинг-стрит (Downing street). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) dauning (Downing), dauning-strit (Downing street). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) vlada velike britanije (Downing street). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish derribamiento (Downing). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish greve gitme (Downing tools), ingiliz hükümeti (British government, Downing street). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, Downing. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Downing

Language Translations for “Downing” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Dathagownathaging (Downing). Additional references: Athag, Downing. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Dagownaging (Downing). Additional references: Double Dutch, Downing. (volunteer)
Leet [)()\V///¦//6 (Downing). Additional references: Leet, Downing. (volunteer)
Oppish Dopownoping (Downing). Additional references: Oppish, Downing. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Owningday (Downing). Additional references: Pig Latin, Downing. (volunteer)
Terran B tragandon (Downing). Additional references: Terran B, Downing. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Dubownubing (Downing). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Downing. (volunteer)
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