DOWN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (American football) a complete play to advance the football
   Usage Example(s)
   • you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards
   Hypernyms(s) down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
   • play (what does play mean?)
2. Meaning
   • soft fine feathers
   Synonym(s)
   • down feather (what does down feather mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • feather (what does feather mean?)
   • plume (what does plume mean?)
   • plumage (what does plumage mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • duck down (what does duck down mean?)
   • goose down (what does goose down mean?)
   • swan’s down (what does swan’s down mean?)
   • plumule (what does plumule mean?)
3. Meaning
   • fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
   Synonym(s)
   • pile (what does pile mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hair (what does hair mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • lanugo (what does lanugo mean?)
4. Meaning
   • (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
   Hypernyms(s) down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • highland (what does highland mean?)
   • upland (what does upland mean?)
5. Meaning
   • English physician who first described Down’’s syndrome (1828-1896)
   Synonym(s)
   • John L. H. Down (what does John L. H. Down mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • doctor (what does doctor mean?)
   • doc (what does doc mean?)
   • physician (what does physician mean?)
   • MD (what does MD mean?)
   • Dr. (what does Dr. mean?)
   • medico (what does medico mean?)

DOWN as VERB

1. Meaning
   • improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
   Synonym(s)
   • fine-tune (what does fine-tune mean?)
   • polish (what does polish mean?)
   • refine (what does refine mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • refine one’’s style of writing
   Hypernyms(s) down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • better (what does better mean?)
   • improve (what does improve mean?)
   • amend (what does amend mean?)
   • ameliorate (what does ameliorate mean?)
   • meliorate (what does meliorate mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • overrefine (what does overrefine mean?)
   • over-refine (what does over-refine mean?)
   • educate (what does educate mean?)
   • school (what does school mean?)
   • train (what does train mean?)
   • cultivate (what does cultivate mean?)
   • civilize (what does civilize mean?)
   • civilise (what does civilise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • polish (what does polish mean?)
   • refinement (what does refinement mean?)
   • culture (what does culture mean?)
   • cultivation (what does cultivation mean?)
   • finish (what does finish mean?)
   • refinement (what does refinement mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   • refiner (what does refiner mean?)
   • polish (what does polish mean?)
   • refinement (what does refinement mean?)
   • culture (what does culture mean?)
   • cultivation (what does cultivation mean?)
   • finish (what does finish mean?)
2. Meaning
   • bring down or defeat (an opponent)
   Hypernyms(s) down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • get the better of (what does get the better of mean?)
   • overcome (what does overcome mean?)
   • defeat (what does defeat mean?)
3. Meaning
   • eat immoderately
   Synonym(s)
   • consume (what does consume mean?)
   • devour (what does devour mean?)
   • go through (what does go through mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
   Hypernyms(s) down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • eat (what does eat mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • devourer (what does devourer mean?)
4. Meaning
   • drink down entirely
   Synonym(s)
   • belt down (what does belt down mean?)
   • bolt down (what does bolt down mean?)
   • drink down (what does drink down mean?)
   • kill (what does kill mean?)
   • pop (what does pop mean?)
   • pour down (what does pour down mean?)
   • toss off (what does toss off mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He downed three martinis before dinner
   • She killed a bottle of brandy that night
   • They popped a few beer after work
   Hypernyms(s) down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • drink (what does drink mean?)
   • imbibe (what does imbibe mean?)
5. Meaning
   • cause to come or go down
   Synonym(s)
   • cut down (what does cut down mean?)
   • knock down (what does knock down mean?)
   • pull down (what does pull down mean?)
   • push down (what does push down mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
   • The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
   Hypernyms(s) down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • strike (what does strike mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • submarine (what does submarine mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sedative (what does sedative mean?)
   • sedative drug (what does sedative drug mean?)
   • depressant (what does depressant mean?)
   • downer (what does downer mean?)
6. Meaning
   • shoot at and force to come down
   Synonym(s)
   • land (what does land mean?)
   • shoot down (what does shoot down mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the enemy landed several of our aircraft
   Derived(s)
   • land (what does land mean?)
   • dry land (what does dry land mean?)
   • earth (what does earth mean?)
   • ground (what does ground mean?)
   • solid ground (what does solid ground mean?)
   • terra firma (what does terra firma mean?)

DOWN as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase
   Usage Example(s)
   • the down payment
   • a payment of $200 down
   Similar To
   • fractional (what does fractional mean?)
2. Meaning
   • not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
   Usage Example(s)
   • we can”t work because the computer is down
   Similar To
   • inoperative (what does inoperative mean?)
3. Meaning
   • cut down
   Synonym(s)
   • cut (what does cut mean?)
   • cut down (what does cut down mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the tree is down
   Similar To
   • felled (what does felled mean?)
   • downed (what does downed mean?)
4. Meaning
   • shut
   Usage Example(s)
   • the shades were down
   Similar To
   • lowered (what does lowered mean?)
5. Meaning
   • understood perfectly
   Synonym(s)
   • down pat(p) (what does down pat(p) mean?)
   • mastered (what does mastered mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • had his algebra problems down
   Similar To
   • perfect (what does perfect mean?)
6. Meaning
   • being or moving lower in position or less in some value
   Usage Example(s)
   • lay face down
   • the moon is down
   • our team is down by a run
   • down by a pawn
   • the stock market is down today
   Antonym(s)
   • up (what does up mean?)
   Similar To
   • behind(p) (what does behind(p) mean?)
   • trailing (what does trailing mean?)
   • downbound (what does downbound mean?)
   • downcast (what does downcast mean?)
   • downfield (what does downfield mean?)
   • downward(ip) (what does downward(ip) mean?)
   • fallen (what does fallen mean?)
   • set(p) (what does set(p) mean?)
   • thrown (what does thrown mean?)
   See Also
   • descending(a) (what does descending(a) mean?)
   • low (what does low mean?)

DOWN as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
   Synonym(s)
   • downward (what does downward mean?)
   • downwardly (what does downwardly mean?)
   • downwards (what does downwards mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • don”t fall down
   • rode the lift up and skied down
   • prices plunged downward
   Antonym(s)
   • up (what does up mean?)
   • upwards (what does upwards mean?)
   • upward (what does upward mean?)
   • upwardly (what does upwardly mean?)
   • up (what does up mean?)
   • upwards (what does upwards mean?)
   • upward (what does upward mean?)
   • upwardly (what does upwardly mean?)
   • up (what does up mean?)
   • upwards (what does upwards mean?)
   • upward (what does upward mean?)
   • upwardly (what does upwardly mean?)
   • up (what does up mean?)
   • upwards (what does upwards mean?)
   • upward (what does upward mean?)
   • upwardly (what does upwardly mean?)
2. Meaning
   • away from a more central or a more northerly place
   Usage Example(s)
   • was sent down to work at the regional office
   • worked down on the farm
   • came down for the wedding
   • flew down to Florida
   Antonym(s)
   • up (what does up mean?)
3. Meaning
   • paid in cash at time of purchase
   Usage Example(s)
   • put ten dollars down on the necklace
4. Meaning
   • in an inactive or inoperative state
   Usage Example(s)
   • the factory went down during the strike
   • the computer went down again
5. Meaning
   • to a lower intensity
   Usage Example(s)
   • he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black
   Antonym(s)
   • up (what does up mean?)
6. Meaning
   • from an earlier time
   Usage Example(s)
   • the story was passed down from father to son