Meaning

A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction..

Definitions by Sense

1. A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
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.
4. To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.

Example Sentences

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 […]

Mirage-bound and moving blind, he downcomes, Up-growing from his sapling game In the laughing park, Bearing the stolen spark

Everthing downcame today Anne the world's spinning out and I spec we finally all going to be riding raw.

If she exes I don't know what would downcome.

Word Forms

• downcomes
• downcoming
• downcame
• downcome

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