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down
(d/AU/n )

adjective (a)

  • being or moving lower in position or less in some value(adj.all)
    Example:
    Lay face down.
    The moon is down.
    Our team is down by a run.
    Down by a pawn.
    The stock market is down today.
    Antonym:
    up
    source: wordnet30
  • Downcast; as, a down look.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • soft fine feathers(noun.animal)
    Synonym:
    down feather
    source: wordnet30
  • (American football) a complete play to advance the football(noun.act)
    Example:
    You have four downs to gain ten yards.
    source: wordnet30
  • English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    john l. h. down
    source: wordnet30
  • (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil(noun.object)
    source: wordnet30
  • fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)(noun.body)
    Synonym:
    pile
    source: wordnet30
  • Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; -- usually in the plural.(noun)
    source: webster1913

preposition (pre)

  • In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well.(preposition)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position(adv.all)
    Example:
    Don't fall down.
    Rode the lift up and skied down.
    Prices plunged downward.
    Synonym:
    downward, downwardly, downwards
    Antonym:
    up, upward, upwardly, upwards
    source: wordnet30
  • away from a more central or a more northerly place(adv.all)
    Example:
    Was sent down to work at the regional office.
    Worked down on the farm.
    Came down for the wedding.
    Flew down to Florida.
    source: wordnet30
  • paid in cash at time of purchase(adv.all)
    Example:
    Put ten dollars down on the necklace.
    source: wordnet30
  • from an earlier time(adv.all)
    Example:
    The story was passed down from father to son.
    source: wordnet30
  • to a lower intensity(adv.all)
    Example:
    He slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black.
    source: wordnet30
  • in an inactive or inoperative state(adv.all)
    Example:
    The factory went down during the strike.
    The computer went down again.
    source: wordnet30
  • In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; - - the opposite of up.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • extending or moving from a higher to a lower place(adj.all)
    Example:
    The down staircase.
    The downward course of the stream.
    Synonym:
    downward
    source: wordnet30
  • becoming progressively lower(adj.all)
    Example:
    The down trend in the real estate market.
    source: wordnet30
  • being put out by a strikeout(adj.all)
    Example:
    Two down in the bottom of the ninth.
    source: wordnet30
  • understood perfectly(adj.all)
    Example:
    Had his algebra problems down.
    Synonym:
    down pat, mastered
    source: wordnet30
  • lower than previously(adj.all)
    Example:
    Prices are down.
    Synonym:
    depressed
    source: wordnet30
  • shut(adj.all)
    Example:
    The shades were down.
    source: wordnet30
  • not functioning (temporarily or permanently)(adj.all)
    Example:
    We can't work because the computer is down.
    source: wordnet30
  • filled with melancholy and despondency(adj.all)
    Example:
    Downcast after his defeat.
    Feeling discouraged and downhearted.
    Synonym:
    blue, depressed, dispirited, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • drink down entirely(verb.consumption)
    Example:
    He downed three martinis before dinner.
    Synonym:
    belt down, bolt down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off
    source: wordnet30
  • eat immoderately(verb.consumption)
    Example:
    Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal.
    Synonym:
    consume, devour, go through
    source: wordnet30
  • bring down or defeat (an opponent)(verb.competition)
    source: wordnet30
  • shoot at and force to come down(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    land, shoot down
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to come or go down(verb.contact)
    Example:
    The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect.
    The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet.
    Synonym:
    cut down, knock down, pull down, push down
    source: wordnet30
  • improve or perfect by pruning or polishing(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    fine-tune, polish, refine
    source: wordnet30
  • To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To go down; to descend.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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