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Meaning of down
1 definition found From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: down adv 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" [syn: {down}, {downwards}, {downward}, {downwardly}] [ant: {up}, {upward}, {upwardly}, {upwards}] 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" [ant: {up}] 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" [ant: {up}] 6: in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again" adj 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" [ant: {up}] 2: extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream" [syn: {down(a)}, {downward(a)}] 3: becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market" 4: being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the ninth" 5: understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down" [syn: {down}, {down pat(p)}, {mastered}] 6: lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down" [syn: {depressed}, {down(p)}] 7: shut; "the shades were down" 8: not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down" 9: filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "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" [syn: {gloomy}, {grim}, {blue}, {depressed}, {dispirited}, {down(p)}, {downcast}, {downhearted}, {down in the mouth}, {low}, {low-spirited}] n 1: soft fine feathers [syn: {down}, {down feather}] 2: (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards" 3: English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) [syn: {Down}, {John L. H. Down}] 4: (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil 5: fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) [syn: {down}, {pile}] v 1: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work" [syn: {toss off}, {pop}, {bolt down}, {belt down}, {pour down}, {down}, {drink down}, {kill}] 2: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" [syn: {devour}, {down}, {consume}, {go through}] 3: bring down or defeat (an opponent) 4: shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" [syn: {down}, {shoot down}, {land}] 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" [syn: {down}, {knock down}, {cut down}, {push down}, {pull down}] 6: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing" [syn: {polish}, {refine}, {fine-tune}, {down}]
Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.
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