Usually means: Reduce gear for lower speed.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word downshift:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. downshift: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. downshift: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. downshift: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. downshift: Collins English Dictionary
  5. downshift: Vocabulary.com
  6. Downshift, downshift: Wordnik
  7. downshift: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. downshift: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. downshift: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. downshift: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. downshift: Dictionary.com
  12. Downshift: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. downshift: Free Dictionary
  14. downshift: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. downshift: Dictionary/thesaurus
  16. downshift: Wiktionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Downshift: Bicycle Glossary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See downshifted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A change of direction or a movement downwards.
noun:  A reduction in quality or quantity.
noun:  A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
noun:  (automotive, cycling) A shift of a transmission into a lower gear, as dictated by heavier load on the engine, as for example when climbing a hill or strongly accelerating.
verb:  (transitive)
verb:  To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
verb:  To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
verb:  (automotive, cycling) To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
verb:  (intransitive)
verb:  To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
verb:  To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
verb:  (automotive, cycling) To shift a transmission into a lower gear.

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