being or moving lower in position or less in some value; lay face down; the moon is down; our team is down by a run; down by a pawn; the stock market is down today'
down (adj.)
soft fine feathers
[ Syn: down feather ]
(American football) a complete play to advance the football; you have four downs to gain ten yards'
English physician who first described Downs syndrome (1828-1896)
[ Syn: down , john l. h. down ]
(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)
[ Syn: pile ]
down (n.)
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; dont 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; was sent down to work at the regional office; worked down on the farm; came down for the wedding; flew down to Florida'
paid in cash at time of purchase; put ten dollars down on the necklace'
from an earlier time; the story was passed down from father to son'
to a lower intensity; he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black'
in an inactive or inoperative state; the factory went down during the strike; the computer went down again'
down (adv.)
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; the down staircase; the downward course of the stream
[ Syn: downward ]
becoming progressively lower; the down trend in the real estate market'
being put out by a strikeout; two down in the bottom of the ninth'
understood perfectly; had his algebra problems down
lower than previously; the market is depressed; prices are down
[ Syn: depressed ]
shut; the shades were down'
not functioning (temporarily or permanently); we can't work because the computer is down'
filled with melancholy and despondency ; gloomy at the thought of what he had to face; gloomy predictions; a gloomy silence; took a grim view of the economy; the darkening mood; lonely and blue in a strange city; depressed by the loss of his job; a dispirited and resigned expression on her face; downcast after his defeat; feeling discouraged and downhearted
[ Syn: gloomy , grim , blue , depressed , dispirited , downcast , downhearted , down in the mouth , low , low-spirited ]
down (adj.)
drink down entirely; He downed three martinis before dinner; She killed a bottle of brandy that night; They popped a few beer after work
[ Syn: toss off , pop , bolt down , belt down , pour down , drink down , kill ]
eat immoderately; Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
[ Syn: devour , consume , go through ]
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
shoot at and force to come down; the enemy landed several of our aircraft
[ Syn: shoot down , land ]
cause to come or go down; The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect; The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
[ Syn: knock down , cut down , push down , pull down ]
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; refine ones style of writing