Downs meaning

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Two roughly parallel ranges of chalk hills in southeast England. The North Downs extend about 160 km (100 mi) from west to east; the South Downs, about 105 km (65 mi).
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(place) Two parallel ranges of low, grassy hills (North Downs & South Downs) in SE England.
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(place) Naturally protected anchorage in the Strait of Dover, England.
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Plural form of down.
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Third-person singular simple present indicative form of down.
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(Sussex) The South Downs.

Let's just go for a walk on the Downs.

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Downs Sentence Examples

  • In this sea were laid down the shales of the Rolling Downs formation.

  • It is situated on the seaward slope of the South Downs; the position is sheltered from inclement winds, and the climate is generally mild.

  • A narrow Cambrian sea must have extended across central Australia from the Kimberley Goldfield in the north-west, through Tempe Downs and the Macdonnell chain in central Australia, to the South Australian highlands, central Victoria at Mansfield, and northern Tasmania.

  • The Cretaceous sea gradually receded and the plains of the Rolling Downs formation formed on its floor were covered by the sub-aerial and lacustrine deposits of the Desert Sandstone.

  • The clays of the Rolling Downs formation overlie a series of sands and drifts, saturated with water under high pressure, which discharges at the surface as a flowing well, when a borehole pierces the impermeable cover.

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