Definitions of DOWN in various dictionaries:
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soft fine feathers
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(American football) a complete play to advance the football
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English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
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(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
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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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drink down entirely
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eat immoderately
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bring down or defeat (an opponent)
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shoot at and force to come down
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cause to come or go down
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improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
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being or moving lower in position or less in some value
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extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
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becoming progressively lower
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being put out by a strikeout
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understood perfectly
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lower than previously
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shut
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not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
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filled with melancholy and despondency
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spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
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away from a more central or a more northerly place
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paid in cash at time of purchase
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from an earlier time
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to a lower intensity
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in an inactive or inoperative state
From a higher to a lower place or position: hiked down from the peak.
Toward, to, or on the ground, floor, or bottom: tripped and fell down.
In or into a sitting or reclining position: knelt down; lying down.
Toward or in the south; southward: flew down to Florida.
Away from a place considered central or a center of activity, such as a city or town: down on the farm; sent down to work at the firm’s regional office.
Away from the present place.
To a specific location or source: tracking a rumor down.
Toward or at a low or lower point on a scale: from the biggest down to the smallest.
To or in a quiescent or subdued state: calmed down.
In or into an inactive or inoperative state: The generators went down at midnight.
To or at a lower intensity.
To or into a lower or inferior condition, as of subjection, defeat, or disgrace.
To an extreme degree; heavily: worn down by worry.
Seriously or vigorously: get down to the project at hand.
From earlier times or people: tradition handed down from one generation to the next.
To a reduced or concentrated form: pared the term paper down to five pages.
In writing; on paper: wrote the statement down.
In partial payment at the time of purchase: put ten dollars down on the necklace.
Into or toward a secure position: nailed down the boards; bolted the furniture down.
Moving or directed downward: a down elevator.
Low or lower: Stock prices were down today.
Reduced; diminished: The wind is down.
Afflicted; sick: She’s down with a bad cold.
Malfunctioning or not operating, especially temporarily: The computer is down.
Low in spirits; depressed: feeling down today.
Trailing an opponent: a team down 20 points in the last quarter; down two pawns in the endgame.
Not in play: The ball is down on the 50-yard line.
Retired; out: two down in the last of the ninth.
Completed; done: three down, two to go.
Learned or known perfectly: had the algebra problems down.
In a descending direction along, upon, into, or through: rolled down the hill; floating down the river; went down cellar.
Along the course of: walking down the street.
In or at: The cans are stored down cellar.
A downward movement; descent.
Any of a series of four plays during which a team must advance at least ten yards to retain possession of the ball.
To bring, put, strike, or throw down: downed his opponent in the first round.
To swallow hastily; gulp: downed the glass of water.
To put (the ball) out of play by touching it to the ground.
Fine, soft, fluffy feathers forming the first plumage of a young bird and underlying the contour feathers in certain adult birds.
Botany.
A soft, silky, or feathery substance, such as the first growth of a human beard.
Often downs.
Often Down.
verb - to cause to fall