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

: to admit of being swallowed

the medicine went down easily

3

a

: to find acceptance

will the plan go down with the farmers

b

: to come to be remembered especially in posterity

will he go down in history as a great president

4

British : to leave a university

5

a

: to undergo defeat or failure

b

chiefly British : to become incapacitated

went down with … acute tonsillitis

—Helen Cathcart

6

slang : to take place : happen

Phrases

go down on

usually vulgar : to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on

Synonyms

Verb

• be
• befall
• betide
• chance
• come
• come about
• come down
• come off
• cook
• do
• go on
• hap
• happen
• occur
• pass
• transpire

Examples of godown in a Sentence

Verb

when's the drug deal supposed to go down?

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Sometimes the godown would flood or have termites. —Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021

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

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