down

Plural: downs

Noun

• soft fine feathers
• (American football) a complete play to advance the football
  • "you have four downs to gain ten yards"
• English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
• (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)
• A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
• A grudge (on someone).
• A downer, depressant.
• An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
• A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
• A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
• A downstairs room of a two-story house.
• Down payment.
• The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
• A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
• A field, especially one used for horse racing.
• A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
• Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
• The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
• The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
• That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.

Verb

Verb Forms: downed, downing, downs

• To cause something to fall or defeat an opponent.
• drink down entirely
  • "He downed three martinis before dinner"
• eat immoderately
  • "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
• bring down or defeat (an opponent)
• shoot at and force to come 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"
• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
• To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
• To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
• Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
• To lower; to put (something) down.
• To defeat; to overpower.
• To disparage; to put down.
• To go or come down; to descend.
• To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
• To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
• To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
• To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with 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"

Adjective Satellite

• extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
  • "the down staircase"
  • "the downward course of the stream"
• 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
  • "prices are down"
• shut
  • "the shades were down"
• not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
  • "we can't work because the computer is down"
• filled with melancholy and despondency
  • "downcast after his defeat"
  • "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

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"
• 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"

Adv

• From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
• To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
• At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
• To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
• Away from the city (regardless of direction).
• At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
• Forward, straight ahead.
• In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
• Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
• To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
• Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
• So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
• So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
• From less to greater detail.
• From a remoter or higher antiquity.
• Into a state of non-operation.
• So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
• On paper (or in a durable record).
• So as to be cowed into silence.
• As a down payment.
• In a downwards direction; vertically.
• Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
• Get down.

Prep

• From the higher end to the lower of.
• From north to south of.
• Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
• From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
• At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).

Adj

• Facing downwards.
• At a lower level than before.
• Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
• Sick, wounded, or damaged:
• Sick or ill.
• Sick, wounded, or damaged:
• Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
• Sick, wounded, or damaged:
• Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
• Sick, wounded, or damaged:
• Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
• Sick, wounded, or damaged:
• Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
• In prison.
• Having a lower score than an opponent.
• Out.
• Negative about; hostile to.
• Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
• Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
• Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
• Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
• Downright; absolute; positive.
• Fallen or felled.
• Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

Examples

• a down cow
• A single rifle shot downed the mighty beast.
• After the incident, Kelly went down to Second Lieutenant.
• As I lay on my back, a pain shot down from my neck to my waist.
• Asker: Are you down to hang out at the mall? / Answerer: Yeah, as long as you're down with helping me pick a phone.
• Asker: You down? Yes or no? / Answerer: You know I'm down for whatever.
• At 5–1 down, she produced a great comeback to win the set on a tiebreak.
• At the first intersection turn left and walk down, then turn right.
• Been down so long it seems like up to me
• Boil the mixture down to a syrupy consistency.
• down on the farm
• down to the country
• Down, boy! (such as to direct a dog to stand on four legs from two, or to sit from standing on four legs.)
• Go down to the bottom of the page.
• He chased answers. / He chased down answers.
• He closed operations. / He closed down operations.
• He downed an ale and ordered another.
• He downed it at the seven-yard line.
• He downed two balls on the break.
• He is down with the flu.
• He was down by a bishop and a pawn after 15 moves.
• He went down to Cavan.
• He's chill enough; he'd probably be totally down with it.
• He's gone back down to Newcastle for Christmas.
• His place is farther down the road.
• I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field.
• I haven't solved 12 or 13 across, but I've got most of the downs.
• I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.
• I went down to Miami for a conference.
• I'll see you later down the pub.
• I'm stuck on 11 down.
• In this game we float sticks down the river.
• It's two weeks until opening night and our lines are still not down yet.
• Mary seems very down since she split up with her boyfriend.
• Please turn the music down!
• Prices are down.
• She lives down by the park.
• She lives in a two-up two-down.
• She's been down on clams since a bad case of food poisoning; she's lost her appetite for them.
• Smith was sent down to the minors to work on his batting.
• Ten minutes down and nothing's happened yet.
• Thanks to my strict diet, I've slimmed down to eleven stone.
• The ball rolled down the hill.
• The bell rang for lunch, and the workers downed their tools.
• The bus went down the street.
• The cat jumped down from the table.
• The comedy club's audience was known for hooting down timid performers.
• The company was well down the path to bankruptcy.
• The computer has been shut down.
• The down train leaves at 10:05.
• The helicopter was downed by a surface-to-air missile.
• The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England.
• The speaker was heckled and shouted down.
• The stock market is down.
• The storm downed several old trees along the highway.
• The system is down.
• There are three soldiers down and one walking wounded.
• These traditions have been handed down over generations.
• They are down by 3–0 with just 5 minutes to play.
• They closed the shop down.
• They walked down the beach holding hands.
• This spreadsheet lets you drill down to daily or even hourly sales figures.
• Trim the stick down to a length of about twelve inches.
• Turn the cloth over so that the patterned side is down.
• Two down and one to go in the bottom of the ninth.
• Two down and three to go.
• We have a chopper down near the river.
• We have an officer down outside the suspect's house.
• We need to nail down this carpet so people don't keep tripping over it.
• We put £100 down on a new sofa.
• We sailed down the eastern seaboard.
• We went for a walk over the downs.
• What you mean, 'No'? Man, I thought you was down.
• With a well-placed word, I hoped to DOWN my opponent’s lead.
• You can have it, no money down.
• You need to tone down the rhetoric.
• You need to write down what happened while it's still fresh in your mind.

Synonyms

belt down, blue, bolt down, consume, cut down, depressed, devour, dispirited, down feather, down in the mouth, down pat, downcast, downhearted, downward, downwardly, downwards, drink down, fine-tune, gloomy, go through, grim, John L. H. Down, kill, knock down, land, low, low-spirited, mastered, pile, polish, pop, pour down, pull down, push down, refine, shoot down, toss off, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen, crestfallen, cut up, damp, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, disgruntled, disheartened, dismal, doleful, dolesome, down, down in the dumps, downer, downsome, dull, elegiac, elegious, forlorn, glum, grief-stricken, grieving, heartsick, heartsore, heavy-hearted, inconsolable, infelicitous, jawfallen, joyless, lachrymose, lamentful, lugubrious, lumpish, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, moody, mopey, morose, mournful, passionate, plaintive, querulous, sad, saddened, saturnine, shattered, solemn, sombre, sorrow-ridden, sorrowful, sorrowsome, spiritless, sullen, threnetic, threnetical, triste, tristful, uncheerful, uncheery, unconsolable, unhappy, unlively, wistful, woe, woebegone, woeful, wretched

Antonyms

up, upward, upwardly, upwards, across, back, backwards, rearwards

Anagrams of down