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Definition of down
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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.
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Downcast; as, a down look. (adjective)
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noun (n)
soft fine feathers (noun.animal)
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(American football) a complete play to advance the football (noun.act)
Example:
You have four downs to gain ten yards.
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English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) (noun.person)
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(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil (noun.object)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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.
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paid in cash at time of purchase (adv.all)
Example:
Put ten dollars down on the necklace.
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from an earlier time (adv.all)
Example:
The story was passed down from father to son.
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to a lower intensity (adv.all)
Example:
He slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black.
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in an inactive or inoperative state (adv.all)
Example:
The factory went down during the strike.
The computer went down again.
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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)
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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.
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becoming progressively lower (adj.all)
Example:
The down trend in the real estate market.
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being put out by a strikeout (adj.all)
Example:
Two down in the bottom of the ninth.
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understood perfectly (adj.all)
Example:
Had his algebra problems down.
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lower than previously (adj.all)
Example:
Prices are down.
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shut (adj.all)
Example:
The shades were down.
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not functioning (temporarily or permanently) (adj.all)
Example:
We can't work because the computer is down.
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filled with melancholy and despondency (adj.all)
Example:
Downcast after his defeat.
Feeling discouraged and downhearted.
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verb (v)
drink down entirely (verb.consumption)
Example:
He downed three martinis before dinner.
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eat immoderately (verb.consumption)
Example:
Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal.
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bring down or defeat (an opponent) (verb.competition)
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shoot at and force to come down (verb.motion)
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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.
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improve or perfect by pruning or polishing (verb.change)
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To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down. (verb)
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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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