down

/dˈaʊn/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

adjective

being or moving lower in position or less in some value
“lay face down”
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
“the down staircase”
becoming progressively lower
“the down trend in the real estate market”
being put out by a strikeout
“two down in the bottom of the ninth”
understood perfectly
“had his algebra problems down”
lower than previously
“the market is depressed”
shut
“the shades were down”
not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
“we can't work because the computer is down”
filled with melancholy and despondency
“gloomy at the thought of what he had to face”

adverb

spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
“don't fall down”
away from a more central or a more northerly place
“was sent down to work at the regional office”
paid in cash at time of purchase
“put ten dollars down on the necklace”
from an earlier time
“the story was passed down from father to son”
to a lower intensity
“he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black”
in an inactive or inoperative state
“the factory went down during the strike”

verb

drink down entirely
“He downed three martinis before dinner”
eat up completely, as with great appetite
“Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal”
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
shoot at and force to come down
“the enemy landed several of our aircraft”
cause to come or go down
“The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect”
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
“refine one's style of writing”

noun

soft fine feathers
(American football) a complete play to advance the football
“you have four downs to gain ten yards”
English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

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