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slosh; flood, deluge, inundate; wet, rinse, sprinkle, sparge; plunge, dive, immerge.
2. splash, flush, flush out, irrigate, hose down, shower, sprinkle.
3. Informal, extinguish, quench, blow out, put out, out, smother, snuff, snuff out, stamp out.
4. Informal, remove, take off, doff, tip.

dovetail, v. 1. mortise, tenon, join, fit, fit together, intersect, unite, splice, link.
2. tally, conform, correspond, fit or go together, match; agree, accord, jibe, fall in with, concur, go hand in glove, see eye to eye; equal, balance, square, parallel; harmonize, coincide.

dowdy, adj. slovenly, untidy, tacky, frowzy, dumpy, frumpy, looking like Tugboat Annie; carelessly dressed, sloppy, messy, unkempt; bedraggled, draggle-tailed, slatternly, sluttish; ill-dressed, unfashionable, out-of-date, old-fashioned; shabby, worn-out, rag-tag, drab, dull.

dower, n. 1. estate, widow's inheritance, property, subs-ance; inheritance, legacy, heritage, bequest; provision, trust, settlement, maintenance, pension, annuity.
2. See - dowry.
3. endowment, natural gift, gift, talent, faculty, genius, bent, knack, forte.

down¹, adv. 1. at the lowest point, at a low rate or degree, to a low point, below par, minimally, at a low ebb; at ground level, to the ground, underground, below the horizon; underfoot, on the ground or floor, underneath, under, beneath, below, Archaic, adown.
2. downstairs, downtown, down home, downstate, downstream, down the line, down the way or road.
3. in check, under control, penned in, hemmed in, in adversity, Inf. in a tight spot, Inf between a rock and a hard place; in disgrace, in disfavor, Inf. on the list.
4. confined to bed, in bed, abed, laid up; sick, ailing, prostrate.
5. from a former time, onward in time, through the ages or years, down the corridors of time.
6. (all of payment) as downpayment, as retainer, up front, in advance, as earnest; in cash, on the counter, into the hand, on the barrelhead; at once, without delay, now, immediately, forthwith.
7. down with away with, get rid of, Fr. d bas

; oust, push out, Inf. kick out; stamp out, squelch, put an end to; abolish, repeal, do away with, revoke, invalidate, terminate; overthrow, overcome, pull down, bring down, upset, supplant, defeat, destroy, wipe out. -prep. 8. from top to bottom, along the way, on the way down, from a higher to a lower point.

-adj. 9. descending, going down, coming down, downward; tumbling, sliding, dropping, falling, plunging.
10. dejected, downcast, sad, blue, disconsolate. See - downcast.
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down and out destitute, impoverished, Sl. broke or flat broke; derelict, forsaken, forgotten, lost, adrift, Inf. on the skids, Sl. on the bum.
12. down on hostile to, antagonistic, unsympathetic, antipathetic, set against.
-n. 13. descent, reverse, decline, falling, falling off, coming down, sinking; lapse, drop, plunge; fall, sink, droop, sag, slip.
-v. 14. overthrow, conquer, subdue, win over, beat, put down; fell, floor, knock down, knock out, KO; bring down, shoot down, bag, tally, rack up. 15. drink, swallow, gulp, toss off; drain, drain to the dregs, drain to the bottom, Inf. swill.

down², n. fluff, baby feathers, fuzz, undergrowth;