/daʊnz/
- form-of, pluralplural of down
- form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-personthird-person singular simple present indicative of down
- A surname.
- The South Downs.
“Let's go for a walk on the Downs.”
- A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.
“On the 11th [June, 1771] we run up the channel […] at noon we were abreast of Dover, and about three came to an anchor in the Downs, and went ashore at Deal.”
- UK, historical, obsolete, slangTothill Fields Bridewell, a prison located in the Westminster area of central London between 1618 and 1884.
Formsthe Downs(canonical)
Source: Wiktionary