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   Down·y

   /ˈdounē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. covered with fine soft hair or feathers: "the baby's downy cheek"
   • ▪ filled with soft feathers: "a downy pillow"
   • ▪ soft and fluffy: "pale downy hair"

   Derivatives

   • 1. downily adverb
   • 2. downiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   What does downy mean?

   • DOWNY definition: 1. filled with feathers: 2. covered with soft thin hair: 3. filled with feathers: . Learn more.

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   What does down and Downie mean?

   • and downand downie 1. n. a barbiturate or a tranquilizer. (Drugs.) Too much booze with those downers, and you’re dead. 2. n.

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   What is a synonym for down?

   • of or like down: downy pillows. covered with down. soft. made of down. covered with down. soothing. down′i•ness, n. Synonyms: fleecy, fuzzy, fluffy, plumose, feathery, more... Visit the English Only Forum. Help WordReference: Ask in the forums yourself. downy - WordReference English dictionary, questions, discussion and forums. All Free.

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   What does a downy plant look like?

   • Downy young are silvery grey above and white below. Each leaflet is long, with a finely toothed margin and (particularly in spring) downy surfaces. Leaves are very large (4090 cm), with 1119 broad leaflets, softly downy, margins serrated.

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   How old is a downy chick?

   • Most nests held a downy chick that they estimated to be about three months old. However, incidence of diseases which are more difficult to detect, such as downy mildew, might have been underestimated. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, from oblong to lanceolate, often downy, and with a serrated margin.

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   adjective. uk / ˈdaʊ.ni / us / ˈdaʊ.ni / Add to word list. filled with feathers: a downy nest. covered with soft thin hair: a tiny baby's downy head. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals. ala. baleen. bristle. bristly. coated. cowhide. dander. feather. fleece. mane. plumule. sable. seashell. spine.

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   Jun 8, 2024 · downy ( comparative downier, superlative downiest) Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair. The chick's downy coat of feathers formed almost immediately to keep it warm. ( slang, dated) Sharp-witted, perceptive .

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   DOWNY meaning: 1 : used to describe small, soft feathers or something that resembles such feathers; 2 : covered or filled with small, soft feathers or something like them

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   downy meaning, definition, what is downy: covered in or filled with soft fine hair...: Learn more.

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   down•y /ˈdaʊni/ adj., -i•er, -i•est. of or like down: downy pillows. covered with down. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2021. down•y (dou′ nē), adj., down•i•er, down•i•est. of the nature of or resembling down; fluffy; soft. made of down.