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down¹ Definition

down (do̵un)

adverb

  1. from a higher to a lower place; toward the ground
  2. in, on, or to a lower position or level; specif., to a sitting or reclining position
    1. in or to a place thought of as lower or below; often, specif., southward to go down to Florida
    2. out of one's hand put it down
  4. below the horizon
  5. from an earlier to a later period or person down through the years
  6. into a low or dejected emotional condition
  7. into a low or prostrate physical condition to come down with a cold
  8. in or into an inferior position or condition held down by harsh laws
  9. to a lower amount, value, or bulk to come down in price
    1. to a less excited or active condition; into a tranquil or quiet state to settle down
    2. to a lower volume of sound turn down the radio
  11. in a serious or earnest manner to get down to work
  12. completely; to the full extent loaded down
  13. in cash or when bought five dollars down and the remainder in installments
  14. in writing; on record take down his name

Etymology: ME doun < adune, adown < OE adune, ofdune, from the hill < a-, of-, off, from + dune, dat. of dun, hill: see down

adjective

  1. descending; directed toward a lower position
  2. in a lower place; on the ground
  3. gone, brought, pulled, etc. down
    1. depressed; dejected
    2. Slang depressing or downbeat a down atmosphere
  5. dejected; discouraged
  6. prostrate; ill
  7. completed; finished four down, six to go
  8. inoperative the computer is down
  9. characterized by low or falling prices
  10. Slang
    1. nice, good, excellent, etc.
    2. sophisticated, stylish, etc.; cool; hip
  11. Sports
    1. ☆ no longer in play: said of a football
    2. trailing an opponent by a specified number of points, strokes, etc.
    3. ☆ Baseball put out

down or downward, along, through, into, or upon down the street, down the chimney, down the river, down the stairs

transitive verb

    1. to put, bring, get, throw, or knock down
    2. to defeat, as in a game
  2. to gulp or eat rapidly

intransitive verb

Rare to go, come, or get down

noun

  1. a downward movement or depressed condition; defeat, misfortune, etc.
  2. ☆ Football
    1. one of four consecutive plays in which a team, in order to keep possession of the ball, must either score or advance the ball at least ten yards
    2. the declaring of the ball as down, or no longer in play
  3. Slang a barbiturate or other depressant drug; downer

down¹ Idioms

down and out

☆
  1. Boxing knocked out
  2. lacking enough money, shelter, a job, etc.; destitute or impoverished

down on

Informal hostile to; angry or annoyed with

down to the ground

thoroughly; completely

down with!

overthrow! do away with!

down² Definition

down (do̵un)

noun

  1. soft, fluffy feathers, as the outer covering on young birds or an inner layer of feathers on adult birds
  2. soft, fine hair or hairy growth

Etymology: ME doun < ON dūnn, akin to Goth dauns, fume < IE base *dheu-, to fly like dust, be turbid: see dull

down³ Definition

down (do̵un)

noun

an expanse of open, high, grassy land: usually used in pl.

Etymology: ME doun < OE dun, a hill, akin to ODu duna, LowG düne, sandhill: see dune

Down Definition

Down (do̵un)

  1. former county of E Northern Ireland: c. 952 sq mi (2,466 sq km)

  2. do̵un

    district in E Northern Ireland, in the S part of the former county: 249 sq mi (645 sq km); pop. 58,000

down Synonyms

down

prep. and modif.

  1. Having a downward motion

    forward, headlong, downward, downhill, downstairs, bottomward, downgrade, on a downward course, from higher to lower, to the bottom, downwardly, in a descending direction, to a lower position, declining, falling, descending, gravitating, slipping, sliding, cascading, sagging, precipitating, slumping, dropping, sinking, earthward, groundward, southward, hellward.

    Antonyms up*, upward, rising.

  2. Physically lower

    below, depressed, underneath, prostrate; see resting 1, under 1.

  3. Figuratively lower

    inferior, lowly, below par, in check; see poor 1, restrained, sick, under 2.

  4. Dejected

    downcast, depressed, dispirited; see sad 1.

  5. Not working

    inoperative, out of order, malfunctioning; see broken 2.

down Synonyms

down

n.

feathers, fluff, fur; see feather, hair 1.

down Synonyms

down

v.

throw down, pull down, knock down, bring down, throw, fell, subdue, tackle, trip, floor, topple, conquer, overthrow, defeat, vanquish, overpower, upset, overturn, shoot down, trample in the dust, gulp down, knock out, deck*; see also defeat 3, drink 1, 2, hit 1.

Antonyms raise*, lift, elevate.

down Usage Examples

Object

  • tool: Come 7pm I downed tools to head back to Newcastle.
  • tree: It seems Baton Rouge has taken a pretty hard hit with lots of damage, mostly from downed trees.
  • water: He downed more water, and the cold feeling it brought was soothing.

Converse of object

  • dress: To my relief and amusement, she gave him one of the biggest dressing downs I have ever heard in my life!

Modifies a noun

  • side: Well, sorry to disappoint you, but there is a down side as well.
  • platform: There is a permanent way display on the down platform, including a section of Broad Gage balk road.
  • load: Please allow a few seconds after down load is completed, for the document to appear.
  • bag: If you're serious about backpacking then seriously consider a down sleeping bag.
  • approach: So we will end John Prescott's top down approach to planning.
  • time: Experienced, on average, 34 % less unscheduled down time.
down Quotes

A great partyought nottobe brought down because of a squalid affair between a woman of easy virtue and a proved liar.

—Hailsham, Quintin (McGarel) Hogg, 2nd Viscount

On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down.

—Allen,Woody pseudonym of  Allen Stewart Konigsberg

Down she came and found a boat Beneath a willow left afloat, And round about the prow she wrote The Lady of Shalott.

—Tennyson

Estou farto do lirismo comedido Do lirismo bem comportado Do lirismo funciona¤  rio p u¤ blico com livro de ponto expediente protocolo e manifesta c° o‹  es de apre c° o ao Sr Diretor. Estou farto do lirismo que pa¤  ra e vai averiguar no diciona¤  rio o cunho verna¤  culo de um voca¤  bulo. Abaixo os puristas I'm sick of cautious lyricism of well-behaved lyricism of a civil servant lyricism complete with time card office hours set procedures and expressions of esteem for Mr Boss, Sir. I'm sick of the lyricism that has to stop in midstream to look up the precise meaning of a word. Down with purists!

—Bandeira, Manuel

I play with the fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.

—Wilkinson,Jonny

A foggy day in LondonTown Had me low and had me down.

—Gershwin, Ira originally Israel Gershowitz

He that is down needs fear no fall, He that is low no pride. He that is humble ever shall Have God to be his guide.

—Bunyan,John

The question that isso clearly in many potential parents' minds: 'Why should we stunt our ambitions and impoverish our lives in order to be insulted and looked down upon in our old age?'

—Schumpeter,Joseph Alois

  That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out but they never let you down.

—Waugh, Evelyn Arthur StJohn

Everybody wants you to pick it up, and nobody wants you to put it down.

—Ruckelshaus,William D(oyle)

I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again. That would be good both going and coming back. One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.

—Frost, Robert Lee

I started at the top and worked down.

—Welles, (George) Orson

It is not what they built. It is what they knocked down. It is not the houses. It is the spaces between the houses. It isnotthestreetsthatexist.It isthestreetsthat no longer exist. It is not your memories which haunt you. It is not what you have written down. It is what you have forgotten, what you must forget. What you must go on forgetting all your life.

—Fenton,James

Why art thou cast down,O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Your levellerswishto leveldownas farasthemselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson