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DOWN

Definition:

1. [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: wards, ward, wardly
   
   
2. [adverb] 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"
   
   
3. [adverb] paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on the necklace"
   
   
4. [adverb] from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son"
   
   
5. [adverb] to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
   
   
6. [adverb] in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again"
   
   
7. [noun] soft fine feathers
   Synonyms: feather
   
   
8. [noun] (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards"
   
   
9. [noun] English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
   Synonyms: Down, John L. H. Down
   
   
10. [noun] (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
    
    
11. [noun] 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
    
    
12. [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: toss off, pop, bolt belt pour drink kill
    
    
13. [verb] eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
    Synonyms: devour, consume, go through
    
    
14. [verb] bring down or defeat (an opponent)
    
    
15. [verb] shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
    Synonyms: shoot land
    
    
16. [verb] 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: knock cut push pull
    
    
17. [verb] improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"
    Synonyms: polish, refine, fine-tune
    
    
18. [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"
    
    
19. [adjective] becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market"
    
    
20. [adjective] understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down"
    Synonyms: pat, mastered
    
    
21. [adjective] extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"
    Synonyms: ward
    
    
22. [adjective] out; "two down in the last of the ninth"
    
    
23. [adjective] lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"
    Synonyms: depressed
    
    
24. [adjective] shut; "the shades were down"
    
    
25. [adjective] cut down; "the tree is down"
    Synonyms: cut, cut
    
    
26. [adjective] not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down"
    
    
27. [adjective] 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, cast, hearted, in the mouth, low, low-spirited
    
    
28. [adjective] the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the down payment"; "a payment of $200 down"
    
    

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