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down 3 noun (usu. downs) a gently rolling hill : the gentle green contours of the downs. • ( the Downs) ridges of undulating chalk and limestone hills in southern England, with few trees and used mainly for pasture. ORIGIN Old English dūn [hill] (related to Dutch duin ‘dune’ ), perhaps ultimately of Celtic origin and related to Old Irish dún and obsolete Welsh din ‘fort,’ which are from an Indo-European root shared by town .

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