Down - Definition

adv 1: 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" [syn: down,
downwards, downward, downwardly] [ant: up,
upward, upwardly, upwards]
2: 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"
[ant: up]
3: paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on
the necklace"
4: from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father
to son"
5: to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until
the stage was completely black" [ant: up]
6: in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down
during the strike"; "the computer went down again"
adj 1: 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" [ant: up]
2: extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down
staircase"; "the downward course of the stream" [syn:
down(a), downward(a)]
3: becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real
estate market"
4: being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the
ninth"
5: understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down" [syn:
down, down pat(p), mastered]
6: lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are
down" [syn: depressed, down(p)]
7: shut; "the shades were down"
8: not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work
because the computer is down"
9: filled with melancholy and despondency ; "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" [syn:
gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited,
down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth,
low, low-spirited]
n 1: soft fine feathers [syn: down, down feather]
2: (American football) a complete play to advance the football;
"you have four downs to gain ten yards"
3: English physician who first described Down's syndrome
(1828-1896) [syn: Down, John L. H. Down]
4: (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
5: fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or
deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
[syn: down, pile]
v 1: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before
dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They
popped a few beer after work" [syn: toss off, pop,
bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink
down, kill]
2: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in
the course of one meal" [syn: devour, down, consume,
go through]
3: bring down or defeat (an opponent)
4: shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of
our aircraft" [syn: down, shoot down, land]
5: 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" [syn: down, knock
down, cut down, push down, pull down]
6: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's
style of writing" [syn: polish, refine, fine-tune,
down]