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down / Down > 28 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	down	Being or moving lower in position or less in some value
	2	down	Becoming progressively lower
	3	down, down pat, mastered	Understood perfectly
	4	down, downward	Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
	5	down	Out
	6	down, depressed	Lower than previously
	7	down	Shut
	8	down, cut, cut down	Cut down
	9	down	Not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
	10	down, blue, depressed, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited	Low in spirits
	11	down	The fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase
ADVERB	1	down, downwards, downward, downwardly	Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
	2	down	Away from a more central or a more northerly place
	3	down	Paid in cash at time of purchase
	4	down	From an earlier time
	5	down	To a lower intensity
	6	down	In an inactive or inoperative state
NOUN	1	down, down feather	Soft fine feathers
	2	down	(American football) a complete play to advance the football
	3	Down, John L. H. Down	English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
	4	down	(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
	5	down, pile	Fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
VERB	1	down, toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, drink down, kill	Drink down entirely
	2	down, devour, consume, go through	Eat immoderately
	3	down	Bring down or defeat (an opponent)
	4	down, shoot down, land	Shoot at and force to come down
	5	down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down	Cause to come or go down
	6	down, polish, refine, fine-tune	Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

down / Down > pronunciation
Sounds	daw'n
Rhymes	Allentown, around, Beantown, and 52 more rhymes in awn at the HyperDic website...

down > adjective 1
Meaning	Being or moving lower in position or less in some value.
Examples	"lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"
Similar	behind, trailing; downbound; downcast; downfield; downward; fallen; set; thrown
See also	low; descending
Contrary	up

down > adjective 2
Meaning	Becoming progressively lower.
Examples	"the down trend in the real estate market"
Similar to	falling

down > adjective 3
Meaning	Understood perfectly.
Examples	"had his algebra problems down"
Synonyms	down pat, mastered
Similar to	perfect

down > adjective 4
Meaning	Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place.
Examples	"the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"
Synonyms	downward
Similar to	descending

down > adjective 5
Meaning	Out.
Examples	"two down in the last of the ninth"
Similar to	out, retired

down > adjective 6
Meaning	Lower than previously.
Examples	"prices are down"
Synonyms	depressed
Similar to	low

down > adjective 7
Meaning	Shut.
Examples	"the shades were down"
Similar to	lowered

down > adjective 8
Meaning	Cut down.
Examples	"the tree is down"
Synonyms	cut, cut down
Similar to	felled, downed

down > adjective 9
Meaning	Not functioning (temporarily or permanently).
Examples	"we can't work because the computer is down"
Similar to	inoperative

down > adjective 10
Meaning	Low in spirits.
Examples	"downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
Synonyms	blue, depressed, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited
Similar to	dejected

down > adjective 11
Meaning	The fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase.
Examples	"the down payment"; "a payment of $200 down"
Similar to	fractional

down > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Soft fine feathers.
Synonyms	down feather
Narrower	duck down; goose down; swan's down; plumule
Broader	feather, plume, plumage

down > noun 2, act
Meaning	(American football) a complete play to advance the football.
Examples	"you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards"
Category	American football, American football game
Broader	turn, play

Down > noun 3, person
Meaning	English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896).
Synonyms	John L. H. Down
Broader	doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico

down > noun 4, object
Meaning	(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil.
Broader	highland, upland
Usage	plural, plural form

down > noun 5, body
Meaning	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
Narrower	lanugo
Broader	hair

down > adverb 1
Meaning	Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position.
Examples	"don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward"
Synonyms	downwards, downward, downwardly
Contrary	up, upwards, upward, upwardly

down > adverb 2
Meaning	Away from a more central or a more northerly place.
Examples	"was sent down to work at the regional office"; "worked down on the farm"; "came down for the wedding"; "flew down to Florida"
Contrary	up

down > adverb 3
Meaning	Paid in cash at time of purchase.
Examples	"put ten dollars down on the necklace"

down > adverb 4
Meaning	From an earlier time.
Examples	"the story was passed down from father to son"

down > adverb 5
Meaning	To a lower intensity.
Examples	"he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
Contrary	up

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

down > verb 1, consumption
Meaning	Drink down entirely.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"He downed three martinis before dinner"
Synonyms	toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, drink down, kill
Broader	drink, imbibe

down > verb 2, consumption
Meaning	Eat immoderately.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody
Model	They down more bread
Examples	"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
Synonyms	devour, consume, go through
Broader	eat

down > verb 3, competition
Meaning	Bring down or defeat (an opponent).
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Model	The fighter managed to down his opponent
Category	sport, athletics
Broader	get the better of, overcome, defeat

down > verb 4, motion
Meaning	Shoot at and force to come down.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	shoot down, land

down > verb 5, contact
Meaning	Cause to come or go down.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Model	The fighter managed to down his opponent
Examples	"The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
Synonyms	knock down, cut down, push down, pull down
Narrower	submarine
Broader	strike
Nouns	downer

down > verb 6, change
Meaning	Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Synonyms	polish, refine, fine-tune
Narrower	overrefine, over-refine; educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
Broader	better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate