discharge vs down

discharge

verb
  • To set aside; to annul; to dismiss. 

  • To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling). 

  • To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to. 

  • To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss. 

  • To release (an accumulated charge). 

  • To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty. 

  • To let fly, as a missile; to shoot. 

  • To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear. 

  • To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument. 

  • To unload a ship or another means of transport. 

  • To give forth; to emit or send out. 

  • To release (an inpatient) from hospital. 

  • To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled. 

  • To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process. 

  • To release (a member of the armed forces) from service. 

  • To accomplish or complete, as an obligation. 

  • To expel or let go. 

  • To let fly; to give expression to; to utter. 

noun
  • The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second). 

  • The process of flowing out. 

  • The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm. 

  • Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology. 

  • The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance. 

  • The act of expelling or letting go. 

  • The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital. 

  • The act of releasing an accumulated charge. 

  • The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service. 

  • The process of unloading something. 

down

verb
  • To disparage; to put down. 

  • To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty. 

  • To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell. 

  • Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.). 

  • To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession. 

  • To lower; to put (something) down. 

  • To defeat; to overpower. 

  • To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket. 

  • To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down. 

prep
  • From one end to another of (in any direction); along. 

  • From the higher end to the lower of. 

  • At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference). 

  • From north to south of. 

adv
  • At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change. 

  • So as to reduce size, weight or volume. 

  • From less to greater detail. 

  • So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity. 

  • Forward, straight ahead. 

  • In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero. 

  • To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps). 

  • From a higher position to a lower one; downwards. 

  • At a lower or further place or position along a set path. 

  • As a down payment. 

  • On paper (or in a durable record). 

  • Get down. 

  • Into a state of non-operation. 

  • To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank. 

  • Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports). 

  • Away from the city (regardless of direction). 

  • Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration. 

  • From a remoter or higher antiquity. 

  • So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface. 

adj
  • Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low. 

  • Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly. 

  • Having a lower score than an opponent. 

  • Sick or ill. 

  • Negative about; hostile to. 

  • Comfortable with, accepting of. 

  • Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed. 

  • Facing downwards. 

  • Fallen or felled. 

  • At a lower level than before. 

  • Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community. 

  • Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining). 

  • Out. 

  • Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.) 

  • Inoperable; out of order; out of service. 

noun
  • The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle. 

  • That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down. 

  • Down payment. 

  • A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland 

  • A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep. 

  • Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets. 

  • The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear. 

  • An act of swallowing an entire drink at once. 

  • A negative aspect; a downer, a downside. 

  • A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid. 

  • A downstairs room of a two-story house. 

  • The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃. 

  • A field, especially one used for horse racing. 

  • A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed. 

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