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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOWN, n.
1. The fine soft feathers of fowls, particularly of the duck kind. The eider duck yields the best kind. Also, fine hair; as the down of the chin.
2. The pubescence of plants, a fine hairy substance.
3. The pappus or little crown of certain seeds of plants; a fine feathery or hairy substance by which seeds are conveyed to distance by the wind; as in dandelion and thistle.
4. Any thing that soothes or mollifies.
Thou bosom softness; down of all my cares.
DOWN, n. [G.]
1. A bank or elevation of sand, thrown up by the sea.
2. A large open plain, primarily on elevated land. Sheep feeding on the downs.
DOWN, prep.
1. Along a descent; from a higher to a lower place; as, to run down a hill; to fall down a precipice; to go down the stairs.
2. Toward the mouth of a river, or toward the place where water is discharged into the ocean or a lake. We sail or swim down a stream; we sail down the sound from New York to New London. Hence figuratively, we pass down the current of life or of time.
Down the sound, in the direction of the ebb-tide towards of the sea.
Down the country, towards the sea, or towards the part where rivers discharge their waters into the ocean.
DOWN, adv.
1. In a descending direction; tending from a higher to a lower place; as, he is going down.
2. On the ground, or at the bottom; as, he is down; hold him down.
3. Below the horizon; as, the sun is down.
4. In the direction from a higher to a lower condition; as, his reputation is going down.
5. Into disrepute or disgrace. A man may sometimes preach down error; he may write down himself or his character, or run down his rival; but he can neither preach nor write down folly, vice or fashion.
6. Into subjection; into a due consistence; as, to boil down, in decoctions and culinary processes.
7. At length; extended or prostrate, on the ground or on any flat surface; as, to lie down; he is lying down.
Up and down, here and there; in a rambling course.
It is sometimes used without a verb, as down, down; in which cases, the sense is known by the construction.
Down with a building, is a command to pull it down, to demolish it.
Down with him, signifies, throw him.
Down, down, may signify, come down, or go down, or take down, lower.
It is often used by seamen, down with the fore sail, etc.
Locke uses it for go down, or be received; as, any kind of food will down; but the use is not elegant, nor legitimate.
Sidney uses it as a verb, To down proud hearts, to subdue or conquer them; but the use is not legitimate.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, downward]
3: becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market"
4: being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the ninth"
5: understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down" [syn: down, down pat, mastered]
6: lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down" [syn: depressed, down]
7: shut; "the shades were down"
8: not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is 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" [syn: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited] n
1: soft fine feathers [syn: down, down feather]
2: (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten 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
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) [syn: down, pile] v
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" [syn: 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" [syn: devour, down, consume, go through]
3: bring down or defeat (an opponent)
4: shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" [syn: 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" [syn: down, 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, down] 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: down, downwards, downward, downwardly] [ant: up, upward, upwardly, upwards]
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"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1994 Down syndrome — usually used attributively <a Down baby> II. geographical name 1. district SE Northern Ireland, established 1974 area 250 square miles (650 square kilometers), population 57,511 2. traditional county SE Northern Ireland

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English d?ne, short for ad?ne, of d?ne, from a- (from of), of off, from + d?ne, dative of d?n hill Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) toward or in a lower physical position (2) to a lying or sitting position (3) toward or to the ground, floor, or bottom b. as a down payment <paid $10 down> c. on paper <put down what he says> 2. in a direction that is the opposite of up: as a. southward b. to or toward a point away from the speaker or the speaker's point of reference c. in or into the stomach <can't keep food down> 3. to a lesser degree, level, or rate <cool down tensions> 4. to or toward a lower position in a series 5. a. to or in a lower or worse condition or status b. — used to indicate thoroughness or completion <dusted down the house> <described him down to his haircut> 6. from a past time <stories passed down by word of mouth> 7. to or in a state of less activity or prominence 8. to a concentrated state <got the report down to three pages> 9. into defeat <voted the motion down> II. preposition Date: 14th century down along, around, through, toward, in, into, or on <fell down the stairs> <down the years> III. verb Date: 1562 transitive verb 1. to cause to go or come down: as a. bring down 1 <downed the enemy helicopter> b. consume 3 <downing slices of pizza> 2. to cause (a football) to be out of play 3. defeat <down a proposal> intransitive verb to go down IV. adjective Date: circa 1565 1. a. (1) occupying a low position; specifically lying on the ground <down timber> (2) directed or going downward <attendance is down> b. lower in price c. not being in play in football because of wholly stopped progress or because the officials stop the play <the ball was down> d. defeated or trailing an opponent (as in points scored) <down by two runs> e. baseball out <two down in the top of the third inning> 2. a. reduced or low in activity, frequency, or intensity <a down economy> b. not operating or able to function <the computer is down> c. depressed, dejected <feeling a bit down>; also depressing <a down movie> d. sick <down with flu> 3. done, finished <eight down and two to go> 4. completely mastered <had her lines down> — often used with pat <got the answers down pat> 5. a. slang cool 7 b. slang understanding or supportive of something or someone — usually used with with <trying to prove that they were down with hip-hop culture — J. E. White> 6. being on record <you're down for two tickets> V. noun Date: 1710 1. descent, depression 2. an instance of putting down 3. a. a complete play to advance the ball in football b. one of a series of four attempts in American football or three attempts in Canadian football to advance the ball 10 yards 4. chiefly British dislike, grudge 5. downer 6. a fundamental quark that has an electric charge of - 1/3 and that is one of the constituents of a nucleon VI. noun Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English d?n Date: 14th century 1. an undulating usually treeless upland with sparse soil — usually used in plural 2. often capitalized a sheep of any breed originating in the downs of southern England VII. noun Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old Norse d?nn Date: 14th century 1. a covering of soft fluffy feathers; also these feathers 2. something soft and fluffy like down

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground (fall down; knelt down). 2 in a lower place or position (blinds were down). 3 to or in a place regarded as lower, esp.: a southwards. b Brit. away from a major city or a university. 4 a in or into a low or weaker position or condition (hit a man when he's down; many down with colds). b Brit. in a position of lagging or loss (our team was three goals down; £5 down on the transaction). c (of a computer system) out of action or unavailable for use (esp. temporarily). 5 from an earlier to a later time (customs handed down; down to 1600). 6 to a finer or thinner consistency or a smaller amount or size (grind down; water down; boil down). 7 cheaper; lower in price or value (bread is down; shares are down). 8 into a more settled state (calm down). 9 in writing; in or into recorded or listed form (copy it down; I got it down on tape; you are down to speak next). 10 (of part of a larger whole) paid, dealt with (£5 down, £20 to pay; three down, six to go). 11 Naut. a with the current or wind. b (of a ship's helm) with the rudder to windward. 12 inclusively of the lower limit in a series (read down to the third paragraph). 13 (as int.) lie down, put (something) down, etc. 14 (of a crossword clue or answer) read vertically (cannot do five down). 15 downstairs, esp. after rising (is not down yet). 16 swallowed (could not get the pill down). 17 Amer. Football (of the ball) out of play. --prep. 1 downwards along, through, or into. 2 from top to bottom of. 3 along (walk down the road; cut down the middle). 4 at or in a lower part of (situated down the river). --adj. (superl. downmost) 1 directed downwards. 2 Brit. of travel away from a capital or centre (the down train; the down platform). --v.tr. colloq. 1 knock or bring down. 2 swallow (a drink). --n. 1 an act of putting down (esp. an opponent in wrestling, or the ball in American football). 2 a reverse of fortune (ups and downs). 3 colloq. a period of depression. 4 the play of the first piece in dominoes. Phrases and idioms: be (or have a) down on colloq. disapprove of; show animosity towards. be down to 1 be attributable to. 2 be the responsibility of. 3 have used up everything except (down to their last tin of rations). down and out 1 penniless, destitute. 2 Boxing unable to resume the fight. down-and-out n. a destitute person. down at heel 1 (of a shoe) with the heel worn down. 2 (of a person) wearing such shoes; shabby, slovenly. down draught a downward draught, esp. one down a chimney into a room. down grade 1 a descending slope of a road or railway. 2 a deterioration (see also DOWNGRADE). down in the mouth colloq. looking unhappy. down-market adj. & adv. colloq. towards or relating to the cheaper or less affluent sector of the market. down on one's luck colloq. 1 temporarily unfortunate. 2 dispirited by misfortune. down payment a partial payment made at the time of purchase. down stage Theatr. at or to the front of the stage. down-stroke a stroke made or written downwards. down time time during which a machine, esp. a computer, is out of action or unavailable for use. down-to-earth practical, realistic. down to the ground colloq. completely. down tools colloq. cease work, esp. to go on strike. down town 1 into a town from a higher or outlying part. 2 US to or in the business part of a city (see also DOWNTOWN). down under colloq. in the antipodes, esp. Australia. down wind in the direction in which the wind is blowing (see also DOWNWIND). down with int. expressing strong disapproval or rejection of a specified person or thing. Etymology: OE dun(e) f. adune ADOWN 2. n. 1 a the first covering of young birds. b a bird's under-plumage, used in cushions etc. c a layer of fine soft feathers. 2 fine soft hair esp. on the face. 3 short soft hairs on some leaves, fruit, seeds, etc. 4 a fluffy substance, e.g. thistledown. Etymology: ME f. ON dúnn 3. n. 1 an area of open rolling land. 2 (in pl.; usu. prec. by the) a undulating chalk and limestone uplands esp. in S. England, with few trees and used mainly for pasture. b (Downs) a part of the sea (opposite the North Downs) off E. Kent. Derivatives: downy adj. Etymology: OE dun perh. f. OCelt.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Down Down, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad?n, ad?ne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d Down, and cf. Adown, and cf. Adown.] 1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up. 2. Hence, in many derived uses, as: (a) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion. It will be rain to-night. Let it come down. --Shak. I sit me down beside the hazel grove. --Tennyson. And that drags down his life. --Tennyson. There is not a more melancholy object in the learned world than a man who has written himself down. --Addison. The French . . . shone down [i. e., outshone] the English. --Shak. (b) In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet. I was down and out of breath. --Shak. The moon is down; I have not heard the clock. --Shak. He that is down needs fear no fall. --Bunyan. 3. From a remoter or higher antiquity. Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. --D. Webster. 4. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions. --Arbuthnot. Note: Down is sometimes used elliptically, standing for go down, come down, tear down, take down, put down, haul down, pay down, and the like, especially in command or exclamation. Down, therefore, and beg mercy of the duke. --Shak. If he be hungry more than wanton, bread alone will down. --Locke. Down is also used intensively; as, to be loaded down; to fall down; to hang down; to drop down; to pay down. The temple of Her[`e] at Argos was burnt down. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Down, as well as up, is sometimes used in a conventional sense; as, down East. Persons in London say down to Scotland, etc., and those in the provinces, up to London. --Stormonth. Down helm (Naut.), an order to the helmsman to put the helm to leeward. Down on or upon (joined with a verb indicating motion, as go, come, pounce), to attack, implying the idea of threatening power. Come down upon us with a mighty power. --Shak. Down with, take down, throw down, put down; -- used in energetic command. ``Down with the palace; fire it.'' --Dryden. To be down on, to dislike and treat harshly. [Slang, U.S.] To cry down. See under Cry, v. t. To cut down. See under Cut, v. t. Up and down, with rising and falling motion; to and fro; hither and thither; everywhere. ``Let them wander up and down.'' --Ps. lix. 15.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Down Down, v. t. To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down. [R.] --Young.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Down Down, n. [OE. dun, doun, AS. d?n; of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. d?n hill, fortified hill, Gael. dun heap, hillock, hill, W. din a fortified hill or mount; akin to E. town. See Town, and cf. Down, adv. & prep., Dune.] 1. A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; -- usually in the plural. Hills afford prospects, as they must needs acknowledge who have been on the downs of Sussex. --Ray. She went by dale, and she went by down. --Tennyson. 2. A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; -- usually in the plural. [Eng.] Seven thousand broad-tailed sheep grazed on his downs. --Sandys. 3. pl. A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war. On the 11th [June, 1771] we run up the channel . . . at noon we were abreast of Dover, and about three came to an anchor in the Downs, and went ashore at Deal. --Cook (First Voyage). 4. pl. [From the adverb.] A state of depression; low state; abasement. [Colloq.] It the downs of life too much outnumber the ups. --M. Arnold.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Down Down, prep. [From Down, adv.] 1. In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well. 2. Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound. Down the country, toward the sea, or toward the part where rivers discharge their waters into the ocean. Down the sound, in the direction of the ebbing tide; toward the sea.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Down Down, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Downed; p. pr. & vb. n. Downing.] To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down. [Archaic or Colloq.] ``To down proud hearts.'' --Sir P. Sidney. I remember how you downed Beauclerk and Hamilton, the wits, once at our house. --Madame D'Arblay.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Down Down, v. i. To go down; to descend. --Locke.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Down Down, a. 1. Downcast; as, a down look. [R.] 2. Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 3. Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway. Down draught, a downward draft, as in a flue, chimney, shaft of a mine, etc. Down in the mouth, chopfallen; dejected.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Down Down, n. [Akin to LG. dune, dun, Icel. d?nn, Sw. dun, Dan. duun, G. daune, cf. D. dons; perh. akin to E. dust.] 1. Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool; esp.: (a) (Zo["o]l.) The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets. (b) (Bot.) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle. (c) The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear. And the first down begins to shade his face. --Dryden. 2. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down When in the down I sink my head, Sleep, Death's twin brother, times my breath. --Tennyson. Thou bosom softness, down of all my cares! --Southern.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Down' is often used with verbs of movement, such as 'fall' and 'pull', and also in phrasal verbs such as 'bring down' and 'calm down'. Please look at category 15 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword. 1. To go down something such as a slope or a pipe means to go towards the ground or to a lower level. We're going down a mountain... A man came down the stairs to meet them... The tears began flooding down her cheeks. ? up PREP • Down is also an adverb. She went down to the kitchen again... She sat on the window seat until they climbed down from the roof... ADV: ADV after v 2. If you are a particular distance down something, you are that distance below the top or surface of it. He managed to cling on to a ledge 40ft down the rock face... ? up PREP: amount PREP n • Down is also an adverb. For the last 18 months miners have cut a face to develop a new shaft 400 metres down. ADV: amount ADV 3. You use down to say that you are looking or facing in a direction that is towards the ground or towards a lower level. She was still looking down at her papers... She put her head down, her hands over her face... ? up ADV: ADV after v 4. If you put something down, you put it onto a surface. Danny put down his glass... ADV: ADV after v 5. If you go or look down something such as a road or river, you go or look along it. If you are down a road or river, you are somewhere along it. They set off at a jog up one street and down another... ...sailing down the river on a barge. ? up PREP: oft amount PREP n 6. If you are travelling to a particular place, you can say that you are going down to that place, especially if you are going towards the south or to a lower level of land. (SPOKEN) I went down to L.A. all the way from Seattle... ADV: ADV after v 7. If an amount of something goes down, it decreases. If an amount of something is down, it has decreased and is at a lower level than it was. Interest rates came down today... Inflation will be down to three percent... My department had a healthy interest in keeping expenses down... The Dow Jones industrial average is down 5 points at 2,913. ? up ADV: ADV after v, be ADV, oft ADV to/from/by amount 8. If you say that there are a number of things down and a number to go, you are saying how many of the things have already been dealt with and how many remain to be dealt with. Thirteen months down, twenty-four years to go. PHRASE: PHR with amount 9. Down to a particular detail means including everything, even that detail. Down to a particular person means including everyone, even that person. ...from the chairman right down to the tea ladies. PREP-PHRASE 10. If you are down to a certain amount of something, you have only that amount left. The poor man's down to his last £3. PREP-PHRASE: PREP amount 11. If a situation is down to a particular person or thing, it has been caused by that person or thing. (mainly BRIT) Any mistakes are entirely down to us... PREP-PHRASE 12. If someone or something is down for a particular thing, it has been arranged that they will do that thing, or that thing will happen. Mark had told me that he was down for an interview. PREP-PHRASE 13. If you pay money down on something, you pay part of the money you owe for it. (mainly AM) He paid 20 percent down. PREP-PHRASE see also put down 14. If people shout 'down with' something or someone, they are saying that they dislike them and want to get rid of them. (SPOKEN) Demonstrators chanted 'down with the rebels'. PHRASE: PHR n [disapproval] 15. up and down: see up ups and downs: see up II. ADJECTIVE USES 1. If you are feeling down, you are feeling unhappy or depressed. (INFORMAL) The old man sounded really down. = low ADJ: v-link ADJ 2. If something is down on paper, it has been written on the paper. That date wasn't down on our news sheet. ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ on n 3. If a piece of equipment, especially a computer system, is down, it is temporarily not working because of a fault. Compare up. The computer's down again. ADJ: v-link ADJ III. VERB USES (downs, downing, downed) Please look at category 3 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword. 1. If you say that someone downs food or a drink, you mean that they eat or drink it. We downed bottles of local wine. = consume VERB: V n 2. If something or someone is downed, they fall to the ground because they have been hurt or damaged in some way. (JOURNALISM) Two jet fighters were downed... VERB: be V-ed • downing ...the downing of an airliner, which killed 107 people. 3. to down tools: see tool IV. NOUN USES 1. Down consists of the small, soft feathers on young birds. Down is used to make bed-covers and pillows. ...goose down. 2. Down is very fine hair. The whole plant is covered with fine down. see also downs

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. prep. 1. From the top to the bottom of. 2. Along the course of. II. ad. 1. Downward, in a descending course, from a high to a low position. 2. On the ground, the floor, etc., prostrate. 3. From a thin to a dense state, into a denser consistence. 4. Below the horizon. 5. Into disrepute, into disgrace, into disfavor or disuse. 6. Low, humbled, in distress, in adversity.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Aware of a thing. Knowing it. There is NO DOWN. A cant phrase used by house-breakers to signify that the persons belonging to any house are not on their guard, or that they are fast asleep, and have not heard any noise to alarm them.

Moby Thesaurus

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