Synonyms for came down

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuhm

Phonetic Transcription : kʌm

Définition of came down

Origin : Old English cuman "come, approach, land; come to oneself, recover; arrive; assemble" (class IV strong verb; past tense cuom, com, past participle cumen), from Proto-Germanic *kwem- (cf. Old Saxon cuman, Old Frisian kuma, Middle Dutch comen, Dutch komen, Old High German queman, German kommen, Old Norse koma, Gothic qiman), from PIE root *gwa-, *gwem- "to go, come" (cf. Sanskrit gamati "he goes," Avestan jamaiti "goes," Tocharian kakmu "come," Lithuanian gemu "to be born," Greek bainein "to go, walk, step," Latin venire "to come").
The substitution of Middle English -o- for Old English -u- before -m-, -n-, or -r- was a scribal habit before minims to avoid misreading the letters in the old style handwriting, which jammed letters. The practice similarly transformed some, monk, tongue, worm. Modern past tense form came is Middle English, probably from Old Norse kvam, replacing Old English cuom.
Remarkably productive with prepositions (NTC's "Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs" lists 198 combinations); consider the varied senses in come to "regain consciousness," come over "possess" (as an emotion), come at "attack," come on (interj.) "be serious," and come off "occur." For sexual senses, see cum.

verb worsen

Example sentences :

She came down to breakfast singing the words in a sort of ecstasy.
Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford

He was shown into the parlor, and Will Paine came down to see him.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

She came down to the dining-room long after breakfast was over.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

When Viviette came down for lunch, she found Dick awaiting her in the hall.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

The Princess smiled on the children as she came down the cypress trail.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

Presently he came down again, his face looking drawn and perplexed.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

When I came down to breakfast, Aunt Chloe was waiting for me in the hall.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Pansy Murphy was scrubbing out the office when he came down for breakfast.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

After they had sneaked off Wahb came down and returned to the Piney.
Extract from : « The Biography of a Grizzly » by Ernest Seton-Thompson

She twisted her hands away from him, and came down the steps to her aunt.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

Antonyms for came down

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