down
down
- n soft fine feathers
- n (American football) a complete play to advance the football
you have four downs to gain ten yards - n English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
- n (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- n fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- v drink down entirely
He downed three martinis before dinner - v eat immoderately
Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal - v bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- v shoot at and force to come down
- v cause to come or go down
The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet - v improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- a being or moving lower in position or less in some value
lay face down
the moon is down
our team is down by a run
down by a pawn
the stock market is down today - s extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
the down staircase
the downward course of the stream - s becoming progressively lower
the down trend in the real estate market - s being put out by a strikeout
two down in the bottom of the ninth - s understood perfectly
had his algebra problems down - s lower than previously
prices are down - s shut
the shades were down - s not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
we can't work because the computer is down - s filled with melancholy and despondency
downcast after his defeat
feeling discouraged and downhearted - r spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
don't fall down
rode the lift up and skied down
prices plunged downward - r away from a more central or a more northerly place
was sent down to work at the regional office
worked down on the farm
came down for the wedding
flew down to Florida - r paid in cash at time of purchase
put ten dollars down on the necklace - r from an earlier time
the story was passed down from father to son - r to a lower intensity
he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black - r in an inactive or inoperative state
the factory went down during the strike
the computer went down again
- Markets are down in early trading this morning, and you get the feeling that this might not be a terrific week.
- What raw milk fans most resent is stepped-up efforts to crack down on a personal choice that wasn't doing anyone else any harm.
- Rush, whose 29-year-old son had been gunned down on the South Side a couple of months earlier, said there was no excuse for missing "one of the most important votes in memory.