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Down

adverb
1.
Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position.  Synonyms: downward, downwardly, downwards.  "Rode the lift up and skied down" , "Prices plunged downward"  Antonyms: upward, upwardly, upwards, up.
2.
Away from a more central or a more northerly place.  "Worked down on the farm" , "Came down for the wedding" , "Flew down to Florida"  Antonym: up.
3.
Paid in cash at time of purchase.
4.
From an earlier time.
5.
To a lower intensity.  Antonym: up.
6.
In an inactive or inoperative state.  "The computer went down again"
noun
1.
Soft fine feathers.  Synonym: down feather.
2.
(American football) a complete play to advance the football.
3.
English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896).  Synonym: 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).  Synonym: pile.
adjective
1.
Being or moving lower in position or less in some value.  "The moon is down" , "Our team is down by a run" , "Down by a pawn" , "The stock market is down today"  Antonym: up.
2.
Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place.  Synonym: downward.  "The downward course of the stream"
3.
Becoming progressively lower.
4.
Being put out by a strikeout.
5.
Understood perfectly.  Synonyms: down pat, mastered.
6.
Lower than previously.  Synonym: depressed.  "Prices are down"
7.
Shut.
8.
Not functioning (temporarily or permanently).
9.
Filled with melancholy and despondency.  Synonyms: blue, depressed, dispirited, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited.  "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"
verb
(past & past part. downed; pres. part. downing)
1.
Drink down entirely.  Synonyms: belt down, bolt down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off.  "She killed a bottle of brandy that night" , "They popped a few beer after work"
2.
Eat immoderately.  Synonyms: consume, devour, go through.
3.
Bring down or defeat (an opponent).
4.
Shoot at and force to come down.  Synonyms: land, shoot down.
5.
Cause to come or go down.  Synonyms: cut down, knock down, pull down, push down.  "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
6.
Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing.  Synonyms: fine-tune, polish, refine.



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"Down" Quotes from Famous Books



... youth and beauty are devilishly common and silly. At forty-eight," he went on, adding a few years to his age, to match Sylvie's, "after surviving the retreat from Moscow and going through that terrible campaign of France, a man is broken down; I'm nothing but an old fellow now. A woman like you would pet me and care for me, and her money, joined to my poor pension, would give me ease in my old days; of course I should prefer such a woman to a little minx who would worry the ...
— The Celibates - Includes: Pierrette, The Vicar of Tours, and The Two Brothers • Honore de Balzac
... the rough stuff, Mr. Carroll," advised Cluff, his good- natured face clouding. "We're all a little het up. Let's have a drink, and cool down." ...
— The Unspeakable Perk • Samuel Hopkins Adams
... Chenal swept down to the footlights. The words of the song swept over the audience like a bugle call. The singer wore a white silk gown draped in perfect Grecian folds. She wore the large black Alsatian head dress, in one corner of which was pinned a small ...
— New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 - April-September, 1915 • Various
... profoundest reason, whether it brings argument to hand or no. No specification is necessary—to add or subtract or divide is in vain. Little or big, learn'd or unlearn'd, white or black, legal or illegal, sick or well, from the first inspiration down the windpipe to the last expiration out of it, all that a male or female does that is vigorous and benevolent and clean is so much sure profit to him or her in the unshakable order of the universe, and through the whole scope of it forever. The prudence ...
— Complete Prose Works - Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy • Walt Whitman
... is out; cook is new, and dinner will be a little late. Be patient." But at eight o'clock there was still no dinner. Riley began to grow suspicious and slipped down-stairs. He found no one in the kitchen and the range cold. He came back and reported. "Nonsense," said Field. "It can't be." All went down-stairs to find out the truth. "Let's get supper ourselves," suggested Russell. Then it was discovered that not a morsel ...
— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok


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