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downcome

downcome noun: a tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.

Noun

downcome (plural downcomes)

  1. A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
    • And doutles, when ever the Pope shall fall, if his ruine bee not like the sudden down-come of a Towre, the Bishops, when they see him tottering, will leave him, and fall to scrambling […]1641 May, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC; republished...
  2. In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
  3. A downpour of rain.

Verb

downcome (third-person singular simple present downcomes, present participle downcoming, simple past downcame, past participle downcome)

  1. To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.
    • Mirage-bound and moving blind, he downcomes, Up-growing from his sapling game In the laughing park, Bearing the stolen spark1958, Botteghe Oscure - Issue 21, page 174
    • Everthing downcame today Anne the world's spinning out and I spec we finally all going to be riding raw.1995, Jack Womack, Random Acts of Senseless Violence - Page 242

Forms of downcome

Noun
pluraldowncomes
Verb
third-person singular presentdowncomes
present participledowncoming
pastdowncame
past participledowncome

Origin of downcome

From down- + come.

Questions about downcome

What does downcome mean?
Downcome means a tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
What part of speech is downcome?
Downcome can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of downcome?
The plural of downcome is downcomes.

Words near downcome in the dictionary

  1. downcode
  2. downcoded
  3. downcodes
  4. downcoding
  5. downcoiler
  6. downcome
  7. downcomer
  8. downcomers
  9. downcomes
  10. downcoming
  11. downconversion

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