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Words with a similar base: belt_down, bolt_down, cut_down, down, down_feather, down_in_the_mouth, down_pat, downcast, downhearted, downward, downwardly, downwards, drink_down, knock_down, pour_down, pull_down, push_down, shoot_down

'down'

[down.n.01] as in: soft fine feathers

'down'

[down.n.02] as in: (American football) a complete play to advance the football

Examples:
you have four downs to gain ten yards

'down'

[down.n.03] as in: English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

'down'

[down.n.04] as in: (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

'down'

[down.n.05] as in: fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

'down'

[toss_off.v.02] as in: drink down entirely

Examples:
He downed three martinis before dinner
She killed a bottle of brandy that night
They popped a few beer after work

'down'

[devour.v.03] as in: eat immoderately

Examples:
Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal

'down'

[down.v.03] as in: bring down or defeat (an opponent)

'down'

[down.v.04] as in: shoot at and force to come down

Examples:
the enemy landed several of our aircraft

'down'

[down.v.05] as in: cause to come or go down

Examples:
The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet

'down'

[polish.v.02] as in: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

Examples:
refine one's style of writing

'down'

[down.a.01] as in: being or moving lower in position or less in some value

Examples:
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'

[down.s.01] as in: extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

Examples:
the down staircase
the downward course of the stream

'down'

[down.s.02] as in: becoming progressively lower

Examples:
the down trend in the real estate market

'down'

[down.s.03] as in: being put out by a strikeout

Examples:
two down in the bottom of the ninth

'down'

[down.s.04] as in: understood perfectly

Examples:
had his algebra problems down

'down'

[depressed.s.01] as in: lower than previously

Examples:
the market is depressed
prices are down

'down'

[down.s.06] as in: shut

Examples:
the shades were down

'down'

[down.s.07] as in: not functioning (temporarily or permanently)

Examples:
we can't work because the computer is down

'down'

[gloomy.s.02] as in: filled with melancholy and despondency

Examples:
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

'down'

[down.r.01] as in: spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

Examples:
don't fall down
rode the lift up and skied down
prices plunged downward

'down'

[down.r.02] as in: away from a more central or a more northerly place

Examples:
was sent down to work at the regional office
worked down on the farm
came down for the wedding
flew down to Florida

'down'

[down.r.03] as in: paid in cash at time of purchase

Examples:
put ten dollars down on the necklace

'down'

[down.r.04] as in: from an earlier time

Examples:
the story was passed down from father to son

'down'

[down.r.05] as in: to a lower intensity

Examples:
he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black

'down'

[down.r.06] as in: in an inactive or inoperative state

Examples:
the factory went down during the strike
the computer went down again

Origins

					down (English)
├── doun (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   └── dun (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
├── dune (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── dún (Old Norse)