down (
http://definr.com/down)
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; "steadily declining incomes";
"the down trend in the real estate market" [syn:
declining,
down(a)]
4: out; "two down in the last of the ninth" [syn:
down(p)]
5: understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down" [syn:
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: cut down; "the tree is down" [syn:
cut,
cut down]
9: not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work
because the computer is down"
10: low in spirits; "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:
blue,
depressed,
dispirited,
down(p),
downcast,
downhearted,
down in the mouth,
low,
low-spirited]
11: the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the
down payment"; "a payment of $200 down"
n 1: soft fine feathers [syn:
down feather]
2: a complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 downs
to gain 10 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
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:
downwards,
downward,
downwardly] [ant:
up,
up,
up,
up]
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"
v 1: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before
dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"
[syn:
toss off,
bolt down,
belt down,
pour down,
drink down,
kill]
2: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in
the course of one meal" [syn:
devour,
consume, {go
through}]
3: bring down or defeat, in sports
4: shoot at and force to come down; of aircraft [syn: {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: {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]