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Definitions

1. 1noun

   Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

2. 2noun

   The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets.

3. 3noun

   The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle.

4. 4noun

   The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.

5. 5noun

   That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down

6. 6transitive verb

   To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

7. 7preposition

   A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; -- usually in the plural.

8. 8preposition

   A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; -- usually in the plural.

9. 9preposition

   A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.

10. 10preposition

    A state of depression; low state; abasement.

11. 11adverb

    In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up.

12. 12adverb

    From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion.

13. 13adverb

    In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet.

14. 14adverb

    From a remoter or higher antiquity.

15. 15adverb

    From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions.

16. 16adverb

    In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well.

17. 17adverb

    Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound.

18. 18transitive verb

    To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.

19. 19intransitive verb

    To go down; to descend.

20. 20adjective

    Downcast; as, a down look.

21. 21adjective

    Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial.

22. 22adjective

    Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.

23. 23noun

    (American football) a complete play to advance the football

    "you have four downs to gain ten yards"

24. 24noun

    soft fine feathers

25. 25noun

    fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

    Synonyms

    pile
26. 26noun

    (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

27. 27noun

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

28. 28verb

    improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

    "refine one's style of writing"

    Synonyms

    polishrefine
29. 29verb

    bring down or defeat (an opponent)

30. 30verb

    eat immoderately

    "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

    Synonyms

    consumedevour
31. 31verb

    drink down entirely

    "He downed three martinis before dinner"

    "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"

    Synonyms

    killpop
32. 32verb

    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"

33. 33verb

    shoot at and force to come down

    "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

    Synonyms

    land
34. 34adjective

    filled with melancholy and despondency

    "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"

    "gloomy predictions"

    Synonyms

    bluedepresseddispiriteddowncastdownheartedgloomygrimlow
35. 35adjective

    not functioning (temporarily or permanently)

    "we can't work because the computer is down"

36. 36adjective

    shut

    "the shades were down"

37. 37adjective

    lower than previously

    "the market is depressed"

    "prices are down"

    Synonyms

    depressed
38. 38adjective

    understood perfectly

    "had his algebra problems down"

    Synonyms

    mastered
39. 39adjective

    being put out by a strikeout

    "two down in the bottom of the ninth"

40. 40adjective

    extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

    "the down staircase"

    "the downward course of the stream"

    Synonyms

    downward
41. 41adjective

    becoming progressively lower

    "the down trend in the real estate market"

42. 42adjective

    being or moving lower in position or less in some value

    "lay face down"

    "the moon is down"

43. 43adverb

    spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

    "don't fall down"

    "rode the lift up and skied down"

    Synonyms

    downwarddownwardlydownwards
44. 44adverb

    away from a more central or a more northerly place

    "was sent down to work at the regional office"

    "worked down on the farm"

45. 45adverb

    paid in cash at time of purchase

    "put ten dollars down on the necklace"

46. 46adverb

    in an inactive or inoperative state

    "the factory went down during the strike"

    "the computer went down again"

47. 47adverb

    to a lower intensity

    "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"

48. 48adverb

    from an earlier time

    "the story was passed down from father to son"