[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:down, ly
[adjective] on or toward a surface regarded as a base; "he lay face downward"; "the downward pull of gravity"
[adjective] extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream" Synonyms:down
