down

Verb

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
  • refine one's style of writing
    

• 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
    

• shoot at and force to come down
  • the enemy landed several of our aircraft
    

• bring down or defeat (an opponent)

• eat immoderately
  • Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
    

• drink down entirely
  • He downed three martinis before dinner
    
  • She killed a bottle of brandy that night
    
  • They popped a few beer after work
    

Adverb

• in an inactive or inoperative state
  • the factory went down during the strike
    
  • the computer went down again
    

• to a lower intensity
  • he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black
    

• from an earlier time
  • the story was passed down from father to son
    

• paid in cash at time of purchase
  • put ten dollars down on the necklace
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Adjective

• 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
    

• not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
  • we can't work because the computer is down
    

• shut
  • the shades were down
    

• lower than previously
  • the market is depressed
    
  • prices are down
    

• understood perfectly
  • had his algebra problems down
    

• being put out by a strikeout
  • two down in the bottom of the ninth
    

• becoming progressively lower
  • the down trend in the real estate market
    

• extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
  • the down staircase
    
  • the downward course of the stream
    

• 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
    

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)

• (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

• English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

• (American football) a complete play to advance the football
  • you have four downs to gain ten yards
    

• soft fine feathers

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  polish , refine , fine-tune , knock down , cut down , push down , pull down , shoot down , land , devour , consume , go through , toss off , pop , bolt down , belt down , pour down , drink down , kill , downwards , downward , downwardly , depressed , down(p) , down pat(p) , mastered , down(a) , downward(a) , p
• Antonyms: 
  up , upwards , upward , upwardly