Down

Definition: Down

Down

Adjective

1. 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".

2. Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream".

3. Becoming progressively lower; "steadily declining incomes"; "the down trend in the real estate market".

4. Out; "two down in the last of the ninth".

5. Understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down".

6. Lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down".

7. Shut; "the shades were down".

8. Cut down; "the tree is down".

9. Not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down".

10. : low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted".

11. : the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the down payment"; "a payment of $200 down".

Adverb

1. 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".

2. 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".

3. Paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on the necklace".

4. From an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son".

5. To a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black".

6. In an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again".

Noun

1. Soft fine feathers.

2. A complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards".

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

4. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil.

Verb

1. Drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night".

2. Eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal".

3. Bring down or defeat, in sports.

4. Shoot at and force to come down; of aircraft.

5. 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".

6. Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "down" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Computing

Literature

Military

Slang

Slang in 1811

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Down

Height

Mount, mountain; hill alto, butte, monticle, fell, knap; cape; headland, foreland; promontory; ridge, hog's back, dune; rising ground, vantage ground; down; moor, moorland; Alp; uplands, highlands; heights; (summit); knob, loma, pena, picacho, tump; knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole; steeps, bluff, cliff, craig, tor, peak, pike, clough; escarpment, edge, ledge, brae; dizzy height.

Levity

Feather, dust, mote, down, thistle, down, flue, cobweb, gossamer, straw, cork, bubble, balloon; float, buoy; ether, air.

Roughness

Wool, velvet, plush, nap, pile, floss, fur, down; byssus, moss, bur; fluff.

Softness

Clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding; alumina, argil; cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding;foam.

Crosswords: Down

Dutch (depressed).

Hello! We're your neighbors from two doors down and we just wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

I wouldn't be in your shoes if the Sweet Lord Jesus come down and asked me himself (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)

I'd ask you to sit down, but, you're not going to anyway (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

Can you help a fellow American down on his luck (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; writing credit: B. Traven; John Huston)

Well, at least you're taking it lying down. (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green)

The kind of girl you that you could be down for (I Wanna Be Down; performing artist: Brandy)

But sit down in that chair right there ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia"; performing artist: Charlie Daniels Band)

I said upside down (Upside Down; performing artist: Diana Ross)

Everybody's talkin' my baby down (Everybody's Talkin My Baby Down; performing artist: Dion)

She's falling down (Falling Down; performing artist: Free)

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away. (references; author: Persian Proverb)

She is numb from her toes down. (references; author: unknown)

Anything not nailed down is a cat toy. (references; author: unknown)

Blood flows down one leg and up the other. (references; author: unknown)

I cannot bear to see a bear bear down upon a hare. When bare of hair he strips the hare, right there I cry, "Forbear! (references; author: unknown)

Bringing Down the House (2003)

Down with Love (2003)

Fires Down Below (1974)

27 Down Bombay-Varanasi Express (1974)

Caffeteria or How Are You Going to Keep Her Down on the Farm after She's Seen Paris Twice (1973)

Down In The Coal Mine (performing artist: Ian Folk Group Campbell)

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (performing artist: Freddy Cannon)

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (performing artist: George Michael & Elton John)

Days Gone Down (performing artist: Gerry Rafferty)

Get Down (performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2002 Official Parent's Sourcebook on Down Syndrome (reference)

• The World Market for Cleaned or Treated Bird Skins, Feathers, and Down Including Powder and Wastes Thereof: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Down from Olympus: Archaeology and Philhellenism in Germany, 1750-1970 (reference)

• The Ultimate Guide to Cunnilingus: How to Go Down on a Woman and Give Her Exquisite Pleasure (reference)

• It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It (reference)

• Vulture: A Modern Allegory on the Art of Putting Oneself Down (reference)

• Down the Historic Susquehanna from Otsego to the Chesapeake (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Diving Down Under (reference)

• Down (reference)

• Down East (reference)

• Down Syndrome Association News (reference)

• Down Syndrome In South Africa (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Inu-Yasha - Down the Well (Vol. 1) (reference)

• Down Periscope (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Black Hawk Down [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Down in the Boondocks (reference)

• Acting Bad Down South (reference)

• Shakin' Down the Acorns, Vol. 2 (reference)

• Go Down, Moses: African American Spirituals (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Nikon Step Down Ring for Nikon Coolpix 880 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Prince Lionheart Top Down Wipes Warmer (reference)

• Pacific Coast 2 Diamond Ashburn Down Comforter, Queen (reference)

• Pacific Coast 3 Diamond Blakely Down Comforter, King (reference)

• Pacific Coast Down Blanket, White Fern Print, Queen (reference)

• Allied 52306R 4-Piece Locking Tie Down Pack (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

This is a series of 16 photos demonstrating the 16 steps of a clinical breast examination. The steps are as follows: 1) arms in normal position 2) arms on hips 3) pressed forward elbows 4) pressed forward 5) arms overhead 6) arms overhead 7) arms raised and pressing down 8) exam of cervical nodes 9) exam of supraclavicular 10) infraclavicular 11) axilla 12) exam of breast 13) axilla 14) breast exam 15) exam of nipple 16) exam of nipple for discharge. Credit: Photogroup (photographer).

Adult white woman is performing breast self-examination (BSE). The woman is nude from the waist up, looking down and examining her right breast. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Actinomyces spp. are Gram-positive fungus-like bacteria. Normally present in the mouth or gastrointestinal tract of man, becoming pathogenic when normal protective barriers are broken down such as when there is an injury or inflammation. Credit: CDC.

"Canary" (movie) by Travis Casper. The actual graph flys much faster than this slowed down sequence, and it breathes, too.

Turning its penetrating vision toward southern skies, the Hubble telescope has peered down a ... Credit: NASA.

Surface photographs from the Soviet Venera 13 spacecraft.The first of the Venera missions to include a color TV camera and the first to succeedin obtaining pictures since Venera 10, the Venera 13 lander touched down on 3 March 1982. Credit: NASA.

On the border between Chile and the Catamarca province of Argentina lies a vast field of currently dormant volcanoes. Over time, these volcanoes have laid down a crust of magma roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) thick. It is tinged with a patina of various colors that can indicate both the age and mineral content of the original lava flows. Credit: NASA.

Clattering down a dirt road White 1 and 1/2 ton truck Astro party of C.V. Hodgson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

"Another one of those things" Freshet - 10' wall of water washes truck down creek bed. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Looking south down the Waipio Valley. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Whether they are herein made the tools of cunninger workmen, to pull down their own fabric, they were best look. (Second Treatise of Government)

The cheap prices of its commodities are the heavy artillery with which it batters down all Chinese walls, with which it forces the barbarians' intensely obstinate hatred of foreigners to capitulate. (reference)

Such persons shall, if found guilty, be sentenced to punishments laid down by law. (reference)

It would greatly expand that of the British Empire Forces and it might well lead, if and as the world calms down, to important financial savings. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1926)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Miss Nash has put down all the texts he has ever preached from since he came to Highbury

After a very few notes, Bessie toned down, and sang on in a small but very sweet voice

After several turns, he sat down again

And no sneaky knocking down Mr. Dent's house whilst he's away, alright

Roger Chillingworth had by this time approached the window, and smiled grimly down.

An old man, named Father Fauchelevent, had fallen under his cart, his horse being thrown down.

Where? Down the staircase and along the corridors or to his room at the end

[The bearers set down the coffin] ANNE

The preacher sat humbly down on the chopping block beside the door

I would exactly set down the several changes in customs, language, fashions of dress, diet and diversions

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Down syndrome occurs in 1 in 800 births. (references)

When lying down, sit first and then stand. (references)

Avoid lying down for 3 hours after eating. (references)

Business

SOE sales were down 5.3% in the first half. (references)

The commoditization of hardware has pushed down margins drastically. (references)

This approach helps keep down the price for high quality sales offers. (references)

Children

New Zealand

In the year ending June 30, 2000, 2 children under age 15 died in assaults, down from 12 in 1997. In the past, the Government has reported that Maori children are four times as likely as non-Maori children to require hospital care for injuries resulting from deliberate harm. (references)

Yemen

The infant mortality rate in 1999 was 75 deaths per 1,000 births, down from 105 per 1,000 in 1998. Male children receive preferential treatment over female children; after the age of a year, male children have a 12 percent greater chance of survival than females, a result of the comparative neglect of female children. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kuwait

It is not used to suspend or shut down existing newspapers. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

Down time is always expensive. (references)

Costa Rica

A number of companies have recently shut down. (references)

Vietnam

The bottom line generally comes down to price. (references)

Human Rights

Guatemala

In only 29 cases have sentences have been handed down. (references)

East Timor

Nonetheless the Serious Crimes Panel handed down some sentences. (references)

Nigeria

Shari'a courts handed down their first death sentences during the year. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

In late September 2000, new National Police Chief Suryo Bimantoro ordered all Papuan independence flags to be taken down. (references)

Minorities

Malaysia

Some of the demonstrators threatened to burn down the hall. (references)

Poland

In February 16 tombstones were knocked down in the Jewish cemetery in Wroclaw. (references)

Political Economy

CHILE

Imports of U.S. wheat are expected to be down in 2001. (references)

PAKISTAN

Police do not hesitate to crack down on worker demonstrations. (references)

SWEDEN

Since then, the ratio has come down to one fifth of public debt. (references)

Political Rights

Libya

Qadhafi appoints military officers and official functionaries down to junior levels. (references)

Kenya

The National Assembly included six female M.P.'s (one elected and five nominated), down from seven in the last session. (references)

Moldova

In the period prior to the elections, the authorities shut down a political party and a youth group, closed a leftist party newspaper, and seized a press run. (references)

Trade

Senegal

This is down from the previous high of 62 percent. (references)

Jamaica

Final or consumer goods are broken down into basic and non-basic goods. (references)

Peru

The non-weighted average tariff is 11.6%, down from over 60% in mid-1990. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Asylum Down Roundabout, Nasibakill. (references)

Philippines

Party hosts usually have staff track down guests for a confirmation reply. (references)

Egypt

When you visit a businessperson, don't just walk in, shake hands and get down to business. (references)

Women

Cuba

Most observers believe that the Government clamped down on prostitution to combat the perception that the Government promotes sex tourism. (references)

Kuwait

Several of the cases were turned down on procedural grounds; the two that remained active at year's end repeatedly had faced temporary adjournments. (references)

Portugal

Its success demonstrates an increased public awareness, which reportedly is helping to break down the social reluctance to report cases of domestic violence. (references)

Worker Rights

Poland

The PIP may shut down workplaces in which it finds unsafe conditions. (references)

China

One foreign NGO, which was shut down in 2000, has not yet been allowed to reopen. (references)

Congo

This system broke down in 1991 as a result of the rapid depreciation of the currency. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Throwing down

Coming down

Throwing down

Coming down

Throwing down

Pressed down

Coming down

That lies or stoops down

Breaking down a fig-tree

Going down

Measure pressed down

Coming down

Coming down

Coming down

Coming down

Coming down

Coming down

Expressions using "down": ask to sit down ♦ at the crack of down ♦ automatic ring down ♦ away down off ♦ back down ♦ back down from ♦ bang down ♦ bargain down ♦ bash down ♦ batten down ♦ batten down the hatches ♦ batter down ♦ be able to get down ♦ be bogged down ♦ be cast down ♦ be closed down ♦ be down ♦ be down and out ♦ be down at heels ♦ be down for ♦ be down in spirits ♦ be down in the dumps ♦ be down in the mouth ♦ be down on ♦ be down on one's luck ♦ be down on one's uppers ♦ be down on smb. ♦ be down with flu ♦ be down with influenza ♦ be laid down ♦ be lying down ♦ be run down ♦ be unable to slow down ♦ be up and down ♦ be upside down ♦ bear down ♦ bear down on ♦ bear down upon ♦ beat down ♦ beat down smb. in price ♦ beat down the price of ♦ beaten down ♦ bed down ♦ being broken down ♦ belt down ♦ bend down ♦ blaze down ♦ blaze down on ♦ blow down ♦ bob down ♦ bob up and down ♦ bog down ♦ bogged down ♦ boil down ♦ boil down to ♦ bolt down ♦ bolt down one's food ♦ bow down ♦ bow down and worship ♦ bow down before smb. ♦ bow down smb.'s will ♦ bow down to ♦ bowed down ♦ bowing down ♦ bowse down ♦ break down ♦ breaking down ♦ bring down ♦ bring down on ♦ bring down the house ♦ bring down the score ♦ bring down to earth ♦ bring down upon ♦ broken down ♦ brush down ♦ buckle down ♦ buckle down to ♦ buckle down to work ♦ bud down ♦ bump down ♦ bunk down ♦ burn down ♦ burning down ♦ call down ♦ call down curses on smb.'s head ♦ call down curses on the head of ♦ calm down ♦ camp down ♦ carry down ♦ cascade down ♦ cash down ♦ cast down ♦ cast down one's eyes ♦ cause to sit down ♦ change down ♦ charge down ♦ choke down ♦ chop down ♦ chow down ♦ chuck down ♦ chuck down the drain. Additional references.

Beginning with "down": down-and-dirty, down-and-out, down-and-outer, down-and-outs, down-an'-outs, down-a-step, down-atheel, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heel, down-awn, down-beat, down-blast, down-bow, down-branch, down-by, down-channel, down-climb, down-climbed, down-climbing, down-column, down-coming, down-country, down-covered, down-curled, down-curved, down-draft, down-draught, down-draughts, down-drawn, down-drift, down-escalator, down-escalators, down-faulting, down-filled, down-fine, down-flexure, down-flow, down-force, down-from-town, down-glacier, down-grade, down-graded, down-grading, down-gradings, down-gyred, down-haul, down-hearted, down-hill, down-hole, down-home, down-homey, down-in, Down-in-the-mouth, down-jacket, down-lake, down-lead, down-level, down-like, down-line, Down-lisburn, down-load, down-loaded, Down-longford, down-market, down-memory-lane, down-modulate, down-nodes, down-on-his-luck-but-permanently, down-on-its-luck, down-payment, down-payments, down-penalties, down-penalty, down-pillar, down-pipe, down-play, down-played, down-playing, down-plunging, down-pointing, down-pour, down-problem, down-problems, down-pseudo-cost, down-putting, down-rated, down-regulate, down-regulated, Down-Regulation, Down-Regulation (Physiology), down-right, down-river, down-scale, down-scatter, down-seeds, down-setting, down-shaft, Down-share, down-shifted, down-shop, down-side, down-size, down-sized, down-sizing, down-slope, down-specific, down-spinning, down-spiral, down-spout, down-stage, down-stairs, down-state, down-stream, down-stream, down-striking, down-stroke, down-strokes, down-stuffed, down-sweep, down-swing, down-swings, down-tariff, down-the-card, down-the-line, down-the-middle, down-the-place, down-the-row, down-thrown, down-thrusted, down-time, down-to, down-to-earth, down-to-earthness, down-tools, down-tow, down-town, down-trading, down-trodden, down-turn, down-turned, down-turns, down-under, down-valued, down-wave, down-weather, down-well, down-whole, down-wind.

Ending with "down": banked-down, breaking-down, clamp-down, close-down, come-down, crack-down, cut-down, deep-down, dressing-down, face-down, fold-down, gear-down, go-down, hive-down, laid-down, lie-down, melt-down, nose-down, pared-down, pin-down, rub-down, running-down, set-down, show-down, slicked-down, slimmed-down, slow-down, slowed-down, spin-down, stand-down, take-down, tear-down, thumbs-down, toned-down, top-down, touch-down, trickle-down, turned-down, two-down, up-and-down, upside-down, warm-down, watered-down, wind-down, winding-down, worn-down, write-down, writing-down, written-down.

Containing "down": battered beat-up beaten-up bedraggled broken-down dilapidated ramshackle tumble-down unsound, broken-down old car, button-down-collared, close-down of a factory, closing-down sale, drop-down list, drop-down menu, drop-down-dead, fly-down indication, girl-at-the-ball-coming-down-the-grand-staircase, Head-Down Tilt, heads-down-take-no-nonsense-mindless-boogie, knock-down-and-drag-out, let's-get-down-to-real-business, pop-down menu, Powder-down feather, Powder-down patch, pull-down list, pull-down menu, push-down list, push-down queue, push-down stack, push-down storage, push-down store, run-down of the programs, run-down-at-the-end-of-a-long-hard-term, sit-down strike, stay-down strike, step-down transformer, straight-down-the-line, straight-down-the-middle, Swan's-down cotton, swans-down-trimmed, tie-down diagram, tie-down point, tie-down point pattern, top-down design, Top-Down Model, turn-down collar, two-down-with-six-to-play, upside-down cake, wearing-down-his.