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shut
Verb
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When someone moves a door so that people can't go through it, the person is shutting the door. When someone puts their lips together so that no air or food can go in or out of their mouth, the person is shutting their mouth.
The wind was too cold, so I shut the window.
down
Preposition
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Toward the earth, away from the sky.
What goes up on earth must fall down.
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Toward the bottom.
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Towards a smaller price, number, amount, etc.
I'm going to buy a computer once prices go down.
down
Noun
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Down is soft feathers or a covering of soft feathers.
That pillow is full of down.
routine
Adjective
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Done like it is a routine. Hackneyed, shop-worn.
He showed little interest in the flute sonata and played it in a routine manner.
routine
Noun
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The normal way of doing something
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A set of actions used to perform a trick
s all use the same routine to pull the rabbit out of the hat.