Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word DOWN

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Definitions of DOWN

1. Away from the city (regardless of direction).
2. At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
3. Into a state of non-operation.
4. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
5. From a remoter or higher antiquity.
6. So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
7. So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
8. From less to greater detail.
9. So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
10. Facing downwards.
11. At a lower level than before.
12. Having a lower score than an opponent.
13. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
14. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
15. A downstairs room of a two-story house.
16. Down payment.
17. Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
18. The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
19. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
20. From the higher end to the lower of.
21. From north to south of.
22. From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
23. As a down payment.
24. On paper (or in a durable record).
25. To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
26. Forward, straight ahead.
27. Sick, wounded, or damaged:
28. A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
29. The lightest quark with a charge number of −.
30. (intransitive, rare or obsolete) To go or come down; to descend. [from 17th. c.]
31. (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
32. (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
33. (sport) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
34. (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
35. (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
36. (UK, academia, dated) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
37. Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
38. (colloquial) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
39. (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
40. (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
41. (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
42. (AAVE, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
43. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
44. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
45. (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
46. (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell. [from 16th c.]
47. (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down. [from 16th c.]
48. (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower. [from 17th. c.]
49. (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down. [from 18th c.]
50. (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty. [from 19th c.]
51. (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession. [from 19th c.]
52. (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket. [from 20th c.]
53. (dated) A grudge (on someone).
54. (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
55. (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
56. (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland
57. (usually, in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
58. (UK, mostly, in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
59. (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
60. (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
61. A One of the six traditional counties of Northern Ireland, usually known as County Down.
62. A surname.
63. (North America, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
64. (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

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