What part of speech is downed?

Downed can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. downed is a verb, past participle of down (infinitive).
  • 2. downed is a verb, past simple of down (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does downed mean?

Definitions

Adjective

downed - That has been brought down.

Verb

down - cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
down - bring down or defeat (an opponent)
down - shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

Examples of downed

#   Sentence  
1. verb The woman downed the gin and lime that was served in one swallow.
2. verb A renowned tactician, Christopher Columbus once downed an entire pirate fleet by stealing all of their fruits and vegetables, thus giving them scurvy.
3. verb An adventurous sort, Lester downed the whole bottle of habu sake in one show-stopping chug. Only the snake was left, securing Lester as an Okinawan national treasure.
4. verb Tom downed his drink and left.
5. verb Tom downed the glass of wine.
6. verb Tom downed his coffee.
7. verb Tom downed his drink.
8. verb Tom downed his beer.
9. verb Tom downed the rest of his drink and left the bar.
10. verb Tom downed his whiskey in one gulp.
11. verb Greta downed the beer in one gulp.
12. verb Sami has already downed his second drink.
13. verb Tom downed three cups of coffee and then got back to work.
14. verb Iran downed an American drone flying in its airspace.
15. verb He downed the glass in one.
Sentence  
verb
The woman downed the gin and lime that was served in one swallow.
A renowned tactician, Christopher Columbus once downed an entire pirate fleet by stealing all of their fruits and vegetables, thus giving them scurvy.
An adventurous sort, Lester downed the whole bottle of habu sake in one show-stopping chug. Only the snake was left, securing Lester as an Okinawan national treasure.
Tom downed his drink and left.
Tom downed the glass of wine.
Tom downed his coffee.
Tom downed his drink.
Tom downed his beer.
Tom downed the rest of his drink and left the bar.
Tom downed his whiskey in one gulp.
Greta downed the beer in one gulp.
Sami has already downed his second drink.
Tom downed three cups of coffee and then got back to work.
Iran downed an American drone flying in its airspace.
He downed the glass in one.

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