down
down is a 4-letter English word with 48 senses as noun, transitive verb, preposition, adverb, intransitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool
- noun. The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets.
- noun. The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle.
- noun. The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- noun. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down
- transitive verb. To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- preposition. 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.
- preposition. 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.
- preposition. A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.
- preposition. A state of depression; low state; abasement.
- adverb. 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.
- adverb. 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.
- adverb. 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.
- adverb. From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- adverb. 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.
- adverb. 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.
- adverb. Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound.
- transitive verb. To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.
- intransitive verb. To go down; to descend.
- adjective. Downcast; as, a down look.
- adjective. Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial.
- adjective. Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.
- noun. (American football) a complete play to advance the football
"you have four downs to gain ten yards"
- noun. soft fine feathers
- noun. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- noun. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- noun. English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
- verb. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
"refine one's style of writing"
- verb. bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- verb. eat immoderately
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
- verb. drink down entirely
"He downed three martinis before dinner"
"She killed a bottle of brandy that night"
- verb. 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"
- verb. shoot at and force to come down
"the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
- adjective. filled with melancholy and despondency
"gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"
"gloomy predictions"
- adjective. not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
"we can't work because the computer is down"
- adjective. shut
"the shades were down"
- adjective. lower than previously
"the market is depressed"
"prices are down"
- adjective. understood perfectly
"had his algebra problems down"
- adjective. being put out by a strikeout
"two down in the bottom of the ninth"
- adjective. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
"the down staircase"
"the downward course of the stream"
- adjective. becoming progressively lower
"the down trend in the real estate market"
- adjective. being or moving lower in position or less in some value
"lay face down"
"the moon is down"
- adverb. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
"don't fall down"
"rode the lift up and skied down"
- adverb. away from a more central or a more northerly place
"was sent down to work at the regional office"
"worked down on the farm"
- adverb. paid in cash at time of purchase
"put ten dollars down on the necklace"
- adverb. in an inactive or inoperative state
"the factory went down during the strike"
"the computer went down again"
- adverb. to a lower intensity
"he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
- adverb. from an earlier time
"the story was passed down from father to son"
Synonyms
pile, polish, refine, consume, devour, kill, pop, land, blue, depressed, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, mastered, downward, downwardly, downwards
Common word forms
downs, downed, downer, downing, downless, downness
Words from these letters
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