Down

noun

daʊn

Adjective

extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
“the down staircase”
“the downward course of the stream”
Similar:Downward
filled with melancholy and despondency
“downcast after his defeat”
“feeling discouraged and downhearted”
Similar:BlueDepressedDispiritedDowncastDownhearted
understood perfectly
“had his algebra problems down”
Similar:Mastered
lower than previously
“prices are down”
Similar:Depressed
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”
See also:DescendingLow
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”
not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
“we can't work because the computer is down”
shut
“the shades were down”

(American football) a complete play to advance the football
“you have four downs to gain ten yards”
Type of:TurnPlay
soft fine feathers
Type of:PlumageFeatherPlume
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
Similar:Pile
Type of:Hair
English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
Type of:UplandHighland

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”
Type of:Strike
eat up completely, as with great appetite
“Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal”
Similar:Consume Demolish Devour
Type of:Finish
drink down entirely
“He downed three martinis before dinner”
Similar:Kill Pop
Type of:DrinkImbibe
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
Similar:Fine-tunePolish Refine
Type of:AmeliorateMeliorateAmend
shoot at and force to come down
Similar:Land
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
Type of:DefeatOvercome

spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
“don't fall down”
“rode the lift up and skied down”
“prices plunged downward”
Similar:DownwardDownwardlyDownwards

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”
to a lower intensity
“he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black”