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down

adjective

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"
Antonyms: up Similar: behind, trailing, downbound, downcast, downfield, downward, fallen, set, thrown
becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market"
Similar: falling
understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down"
Synonyms: down pat, mastered Similar: perfect
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"
Synonyms: downward Similar: descending
out; "two down in the last of the ninth"
Similar: out, retired
lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"
Synonyms: depressed Similar: low
shut; "the shades were down"
Similar: lowered
cut down; "the tree is down"
Synonyms: cut, cut down Similar: felled, downed
not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can''t work because the computer is down"
Similar: inoperative
low in spirits; "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"
Synonyms: blue, depressed, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited Similar: dejected
the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the down payment"; "a payment of $200 down"
Similar: fractional

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noun

soft fine feathers
Synonyms: down feather
(American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards"
English physician who first described Down''s syndrome (1828-1896)
Synonyms: 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)
Synonyms: pile

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adverb

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"
Synonyms: downward, downwardly, downwards Antonyms: up, upwards, upward, upwardly, up, upwards, upward, upwardly, up, upwards, upward, upwardly, up, upwards, upward, upwardly
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"
Antonyms: up
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"
Antonyms: up
in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again"

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verb

drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
Synonyms: belt down, bolt down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off
eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
Synonyms: consume, devour, go through
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
Synonyms: land, shoot down
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"
Synonyms: cut down, knock down, pull down, push down
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one''s style of writing"
Synonyms: fine-tune, polish, refine

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