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1. United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852)
   - Andrew Jackson Downing

1. Drink down entirely
   "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "They belted down a few beers after work"; "They poured down a few beers after work"; "They drank down a few beers after work"; "They bolted down a few beers after work";
   - toss off [informal], pop [informal], bolt down [informal], belt down [informal], pour down, drink down, kill [informal]
    
2. Eat up completely, as with great appetite
   "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal";
   - devour, demolish, consume, go through
    
3. (sport) bring down or defeat (an opponent)
    
4. Shoot at and force to come down
   "the enemy downed several of our aircraft";
   - shoot down, land
    
5. 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"; "The policeman cut down the heavily armed suspect";
   - knock down, cut down, push down, pull down
    
6. Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
   - polish, refine, fine-tune

Type of: ameliorate, amend, better, defeat, drink, eat up, finish, get the better of, imbibe, improve, landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscaper, landscapist, meliorate, mend, overcome, polish off [informal], strike

Encyclopedia: Downing, Missouri