"look down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: looks down [present, singular, third-person], looking down [participle, present], looked down [participle, past], looked down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} look down (third-person singular simple present looks down, present participle looking down, simple past and past participle looked down)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, down. Derived forms: look down on
    Sense id: en-look_down-en-verb-5Zu2ToMp
  2. (intransitive) To lower one's eyes; to direct one's look downwards. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-look_down-en-verb-U6E~cj1f
  3. (transitive) To fix one's gaze upon (someone) until they look away; to stare down. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-look_down-en-verb-vp5BccPb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 83 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 14 13 63 10
  4. (intransitive, finance) To decrease in value. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-look_down-en-verb-5FNvPG-c Topics: business, finance

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for look down meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)

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