down

adverb

1. 1.

   comparable

   From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.

2. 2.

   comparable

   Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

3. 3.

   comparable

   At a lower or further place or position along a set path.

4. 4.

   To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.

5. 5.

   To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).

6. 6.

   At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.

adjective

1. 1.

   At a lower level than before.

2. 2.

   Sick, wounded, or damaged

3. 3.

   Having a lower score than an opponent.

4. 4.

   Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).

5. 5.

   colloquialwith "on"

   Negative about; hostile to.

6. 6.

   canadausslang

   Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].

verb

1. 1.

   transitive

   Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).

2. 2.

   transitivefigurative

   To defeat; to overpower.

3. 3.

   transitivecolloquial

   To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.

4. 4.

   transitive

   To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.

5. 5.

   transitive

   To lower; to put (something) down.

6. 6.

   transitive

   To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

noun

1. 1.

   An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.

2. 2.

   English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

3. 3.

   ukchiefly in the plural

   A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.

4. 4.

   That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.

5. 5.

   Soft fine feathers

6. 6.

   Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

• downernounInflected form

  A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

• down-and-outnounCompound term

  A person who is destitute.

• down-bownounCompound term

  A downward stroke from the heel to the tip of the bow.

• down easternounCompound term

  A native or resident of Maine.

• down feathernounCompound term

  Soft fine feathers.

• down paymentnounCompound term

  A partial payment made at the time of purchase.

• down quarknounCompound term

  A stable quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 607 times that of an electron.