Meaning & Definition of Down in English
Down
noun
1. Soft fine feathers
- down,
- down feather
2. (american football) a complete play to advance the football
- "You have four downs to gain ten yards"
- down
3. English physician who first described down's syndrome (1828-1896)
- Down,
- John L. H. Down
4. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- down
5. Fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- down,
- pile
verb
1. Drink down entirely
- "He downed three martinis before dinner"
- "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"
- "They popped a few beer after work"
- toss off,
- pop,
- bolt down,
- belt down,
- pour down,
- down,
- drink down,
- kill
2. Eat immoderately
- "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
- devour,
- down,
- consume,
- go through
3. Bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- down
4. Shoot at and force to come down
- "The enemy landed several of our aircraft"
- down,
- 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"
- down,
- knock down,
- cut down,
- push down,
- pull down
6. Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- "Refine one's style of writing"
- polish,
- refine,
- fine-tune,
- down
adjective
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"
- down
2. Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- "The down staircase"
- "The downward course of the stream"
- down(a),
- downward(a)
3. Becoming progressively lower
- "The down trend in the real estate market"
- down(a)
4. Being put out by a strikeout
- "Two down in the bottom of the ninth"
- down(p)
5. Understood perfectly
- "Had his algebra problems down"
- down,
- down pat(p),
- mastered
6. Lower than previously
- "The market is depressed"
- "Prices are down"
- depressed,
- down(p)
7. Shut
- "The shades were down"
- down
8. Not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- "We can't work because the computer is down"
- down
9. Filled with melancholy and despondency
- "Gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"
- "Gloomy predictions"
- "A gloomy silence"
- "Took a grim view of the economy"
- "The darkening mood"
- "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"
- gloomy,
- grim,
- blue,
- depressed,
- dispirited,
- down(p),
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- down in the mouth,
- low,
- low-spirited
adverb
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"
- down,
- downwards,
- downward,
- downwardly
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"
- down
3. Paid in cash at time of purchase
- "Put ten dollars down on the necklace"
- down
4. From an earlier time
- "The story was passed down from father to son"
- down
5. To a lower intensity
- "He slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
- down
6. In an inactive or inoperative state
- "The factory went down during the strike"
- "The computer went down again"
- down