down
down (do̵un)
adverb
- from a higher to a lower place; toward the ground
- in, on, or to a lower position or level; specif., to a sitting or reclining position
- in or to a place thought of as lower or below; often, specif., southward to go down to Florida
- out of one's hand put it down
- below the horizon
- from an earlier to a later period or person down through the years
- into a low or dejected emotional condition
- into a low or prostrate physical condition to come down with a cold
- in or into an inferior position or condition held down by harsh laws
- to a lower amount, value, or bulk to come down in price
- to a less excited or active condition; into a tranquil or quiet state to settle down
- to a lower volume of sound turn down the radio
- in a serious or earnest manner to get down to work
- completely; to the full extent loaded down
- in cash or when bought five dollars down and the remainder in installments
- 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
- descending; directed toward a lower position
- in a lower place; on the ground
- gone, brought, pulled, etc. down
- depressed; dejected
- Slang depressing or downbeat a down atmosphere
- dejected; discouraged
- prostrate; ill
- completed; finished four down, six to go
- inoperative the computer is down
- characterized by low or falling prices
- Slang
- nice, good, excellent, etc.
- sophisticated, stylish, etc.; cool; hip
- Sports
- ☆ no longer in play: said of a football
- trailing an opponent by a specified number of points, strokes, etc.
- ☆ 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
- to put, bring, get, throw, or knock down
- to defeat, as in a game
- to gulp or eat rapidly
intransitive verb
Rare to go, come, or get down
noun
- a downward movement or depressed condition; defeat, misfortune, etc.
- ☆ Football
- 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
- the declaring of the ball as down, or no longer in play
- Slang a barbiturate or other depressant drug; downer
down and out
☆- Boxing knocked out
- 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!
down (do̵un)
noun
- soft, fluffy feathers, as the outer covering on young birds or an inner layer of feathers on adult birds
- 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
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 (do̵un)
former county of E Northern Ireland: c. 952 sq mi (2,466 sq km)
- do̵un
district in E Northern Ireland, in the S part of the former county: 249 sq mi (645 sq km); pop. 58,000
down
prep. and modif.
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. Physically lower
below, depressed, underneath, prostrate; see resting 1, under 1.Figuratively lower
inferior, lowly, below par, in check; see poor 1, restrained, sick, under 2.Dejected
downcast, depressed, dispirited; see sad 1.Not working
inoperative, out of order, malfunctioning; see broken 2.
down
v.
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.
A great partyought nottobe brought down because of a squalid affair between a woman of easy virtue and a proved liar.
On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down.
Down she came and found a boat Beneath a willow left afloat, And round about the prow she wrote The Lady of Shalott.
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!
I play with the fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.
A foggy day in LondonTown Had me low and had me down.
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.
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?'
That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out but they never let you down.
Everybody wants you to pick it up, and nobody wants you to put it down.
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.
I started at the top and worked down.
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.
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.
Your levellerswishto leveldownas farasthemselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.
Browse dictionary entries near down
- Dowland
- dowitcher
- dower
- dowel
- dowdy
- Dowden
- dowager's hump
- dowager
- Dow Theory
- Dow Jones Utilities Index
- down-and-dirty
- down and out
- down-bow
- Down East
- down-home
- down-market
- down on
- down payment
- down-
- down quark
