Definitions for down

Definitions for (noun) down

Main entry: down

Definition: (American football) a complete play to advance the football

Usage: you have four downs to gain ten yards

Main entry: down, down feather

Definition: soft fine feathers

Main entry: pile, down


Main entry: down

Definition: (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

Main entry: Down, John L. H. Down

Definition: English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

Definitions for (verb) down

Main entry: polish, refine, fine-tune, down

Definition: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

Usage: refine one's style of writing

Main entry: down

Definition: bring down or defeat (an opponent)

Main entry: consume, down, devour, go through

Definition: eat immoderately

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

Main entry: toss off, down, drink down, belt down, bolt down, pop, pour down, kill

Definition: drink down entirely


Main entry: knock down, down, cut down, pull down, push down

Definition: cause to come or go down


Main entry: land, down, shoot down

Definition: shoot at and force to come down

Usage: the enemy landed several of our aircraft

Definitions for (adj) down

Main entry: down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dispirited, depressed, low, low-spirited, grim, gloomy, blue

Definition: filled with melancholy and despondency


Main entry: down

Definition: not functioning (temporarily or permanently)

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

Main entry: down

Definition: shut

Usage: the shades were down

Main entry: depressed, down

Definition: lower than previously

Usage: the market is depressed; prices are down

Main entry: down, down pat, mastered

Definition: understood perfectly

Usage: had his algebra problems down

Main entry: down

Definition: being put out by a strikeout

Usage: two down in the bottom of the ninth

Main entry: down, downward

Definition: extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

Usage: the down staircase; the downward course of the stream

Main entry: down

Definition: becoming progressively lower

Usage: the down trend in the real estate market

Main entry: down

Definition: being or moving lower in position or less in some value

Usage: lay face down; the moon is down; our team is down by a run; down by a pawn; the stock market is down today

Definitions for (adv) down

Main entry: down, downward, downwardly, downwards

Definition: spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

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

Main entry: down

Definition: away from a more central or a more northerly place

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

Main entry: down

Definition: paid in cash at time of purchase

Usage: put ten dollars down on the necklace

Main entry: down

Definition: in an inactive or inoperative state

Usage: the factory went down during the strike; the computer went down again

Main entry: down

Definition: to a lower intensity

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

Main entry: down

Definition: from an earlier time

Usage: the story was passed down from father to son

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