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downward
('d/AU/nw/@/rd )

adjective (a)

  • Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position(adv.all)
    Example:
    Prices plunged downward.
    Synonym:
    down, downwardly, downwards
    Antonym:
    up, upward, upwardly, upwards
    source: wordnet30
  • From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • extending or moving from a higher to a lower place(adj.all)
    Example:
    The downward course of the stream.
    Synonym:
    down
    source: wordnet30
  • on or toward a surface regarded as a base(adj.all)
    Example:
    He lay face downward.
    The downward pull of gravity.
    source: wordnet30
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