Upland Depressions Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "DOWNS" which means:

adjective
• • Being or moving lower in position or less in some value
noun
• • Soft fine feathers
• • English physician who first described down's syndrome (1828-1896)
• • (american football) a complete play to advance the football
• • (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
• • Fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
adverb
• • Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
• • Away from a more central or a more northerly place
• • Paid in cash at time of purchase
• • From an earlier time
• • To a lower intensity
• • In an inactive or inoperative state
adjective satellite
• • Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
• • Becoming progressively lower
• • Being put out in a game of baseball
• • Understood perfectly
• • Lower than previously
• • Shut
• • Not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
• • Filled with melancholy and despondency
verb
• • Drink down entirely
• • Eat up completely, as with great appetite
• • Bring down or defeat (an opponent)
• • Shoot at and force to come down
• • Cause to come or go down
• • Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

An example sentence would be:

• • "He experienced some ups and downs in his career."
• • "The team quickly recovered from the early downs and went on to win the game."

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