godown

1 of 2

noun

go·​down ˈgō-ˌdau̇n 

: a warehouse in a country of southern or eastern Asia

go down

2 of 2

verb

went down; gone down; going down; goes down

intransitive verb

1

a

: to go below the horizon : set

The sun went down.

b

: to fall to or as if to the ground

The plane went down in flames.

c

: to become submerged : sink

The ship went down with all hands.

2

a

: to drop to a lower level

prices going down

b

: to become smaller

The swelling has gone down.

c

: to become less bright

The lights went down as the movie started.

3

—used to say how easy or hard it is to swallow something

The medicine went down easily.

4

a

: to please or agree with one

—used with with and an adverb

My suggestion didn't go down well with the boss.

b

: to come to be remembered especially in posterity

Will they go down in history as great leaders?

5

British : to leave a university

6

a

: to lose or fail

went down in the third round

b

chiefly British : to become incapacitated

… went down with … acute tonsillitis …

—Helen Cathcart

c

of a computer, system, etc. : to stop working

The network went down this morning.

7

slang : to take place : happen

see also:

go down on

Synonyms of godown

Verb

• happen
• come down
• be

Examples of godown in a Sentence

Verb

when's the drug deal supposed to go down?

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Everything surfeit went to the property’s godown. —Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021

Tegh Singh arrives and unloads his bundles of blossoms in Kapoor’s godown, an open-air stone courtyard that serves as the distillery. —Rachna Sachasinh, National Geographic , 4 Jan. 2021

From across the Singapore River this trio of former godowns (warehouses) cuts a striking profile. —Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 May 2018

Verb

And the five hopefuls, some Democrats themselves, agreed Patty García, the Democratic nominee, needs to go down too. —Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026

The perils of going down were distilled into a single afternoon last Saturday, as the scorelines swung in different directions during Tottenham Hotspur’s trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Ham United’s home game with Everton. —Mark Carey, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026

Roosevelt hosted them at his country estate of Hyde Park and, to the consternation of his mother, offered the couple hot dogs, which went down well with the royal guests. —Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026

Certainly had some good looks from three that didn’t go down. —Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026

Hart didn’t go down quietly in the seventh. —Matt Wagner, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026

These pathway lights brighten the way once the sun goes down without overpowering the rest of your setup. —Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026

The goal is to sail the boat, not go down with the ship. —Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026

If Winters goes down with an injury, that room is in big trouble. —Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Noun

by folk etymology from Malay gudang

First Known Use

Noun

1552, in the meaning defined above

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for godown

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• hometown
• knockdown