down
209 ENTRIES FOUND:
- down (adverb)
- down (adjective)
- down (preposition)
- down (noun)
- down (noun)
- down (verb)
- down–and–dirty (adjective)
- down–and–out (adjective)
- down–at–the–heels (adjective)
- down–home (adjective)
- down–market (adjective)
- downs (noun)
- Down's (noun)
- Down's syndrome (noun)
- down–to–earth (adjective)
- down payment (noun)
- Down syndrome (noun)
- broken–down (adjective)
- button–down (adjective)
- dress–down (adjective)
- dressing–down (noun)
- drop–down menu (noun)
- first down (noun)
- hand–me–down (adjective)
- hands down (adverb)
- knock–down, drag–out (adjective)
- lie–down (noun)
- low–down (adjective)
- pull–down menu (noun)
- put–down (noun)
- run–down (adjective)
- sit–down (adjective)
- sit–down (noun)
- thumbs–down (noun)
- top–down (adjective)
- trickle–down (adjective)
- upside down (adverb)
- upside–down cake (noun)
- watered–down (adjective)
- aisle (noun)
- alley (noun)
- arm (noun)
- back (verb)
- balloon (noun)
- batten (verb)
- bear (verb)
- beat (verb)
- bed (verb)
- bog (verb)
- boil (verb)
- bow (verb)
- brass (noun)
- break (verb)
- breathe (verb)
- bring (verb)
- bucket (verb)
- buckle (verb)
- burn (verb)
- call (verb)
- change (verb)
- chase (verb)
- chip (noun)
- choke (verb)
- chop (verb)
- chow (verb)
- clamp (verb)
- climb (verb)
- close (verb)
- come (verb)
- copy (verb)
- count (verb)
- count (noun)
- crack (verb)
- cut (verb)
- deep (adverb)
- defeat (noun)
- die (verb)
- do (verb)
- drag (verb)
- drain (noun)
- dress (verb)
- dumb (verb)
- dump (noun)
- eye (noun)
- fall (verb)
- foot (noun)
- force (verb)
- fort (noun)
- garden (noun)
- gauntlet (noun)
- get (verb)
- go (verb)
- grind (verb)
- ground (noun)
- gun (verb)
- hair (noun)
- hand (verb)
- hatch (noun)
- head (noun)
- history (noun)
- hold (verb)
- hunker (verb)
- hunt (verb)
- job (noun)
- jump (verb)
- keep (verb)
- knock (verb)
- knuckle (verb)
- law (noun)
- lay (verb)
- lead (verb)
- lead (noun)
- let (verb)
- lie (verb)
- life (noun)
- lift (verb)
- line (noun)
- live (verb)
- load (verb)
- look (verb)
- luck (noun)
- mark (verb)
- melt (verb)
- mouth (noun)
- mow (verb)
- nail (verb)
- neck (noun)
- nose (noun)
- note (verb)
- pan (noun)
- pants (noun)
- pass (verb)
- pat (verb)
- path (noun)
- peg (noun)
- pike (noun)
- pin (verb)
- pipe (verb)
- piss (verb)
- play (verb)
- plonk (verb)
- plop (verb)
- plughole (noun)
- plunk (verb)
- pull (verb)
- put (verb)
- quiet (verb)
- quieten (verb)
- ram (verb)
- river (noun)
- road (noun)
- roll (verb)
- root (noun)
- rub (verb)
- run (verb)
- saw (verb)
- scale (verb)
- sell (verb)
- send (verb)
- set (verb)
- settle (verb)
- shake (verb)
- shoot (verb)
- shout (verb)
- shove (verb)
- shut (verb)
- side (noun)
- simmer (verb)
- sit (verb)
- size (noun)
- slick (verb)
- slim (verb)
- slow (verb)
- smash (verb)
- south (adverb)
- spine (noun)
- splash (verb)
- stand (verb)
- stare (verb)
- step (verb)
- strike (verb)
- tack (noun)
- take (verb)
- talk (verb)
- tear (verb)
- throat (noun)
- tie (verb)
- toilet (noun)
- tone (verb)
- touch (verb)
- trade (verb)
- trickle (verb)
- trim (verb)
- trousers (noun)
- tube (noun)
- turn (verb)
- up (adverb)
- up (adjective)
- vote (verb)
- walk (verb)
- wash (verb)
- water (verb)
- wear (verb)
- weigh (verb)
- whittle (verb)
- wind (verb)
- wipe (verb)
- world (noun)
- write (verb)
Britannica Dictionary definition of DOWN
1
a
:
from a higher to a lower place or position
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The land slopes down to the sea.
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Please pull down the window shade. = Please pull the window shade down.
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I'll come down [=downstairs] in a minute.
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She called down to her friends in the street below.
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They set/put the cake down on the table.
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Lay down your book for a minute.
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We watched the sun go down.
b
:
in a low position or place
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Keep your head down.
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We keep our wine collection down in the basement.
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What's going on down there?
2
:
to or toward the ground or floor
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He fell down and hurt his knee.
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Climb down out of that tree!
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He knocked him down with one punch.
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Don't look down!
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Brightly colored flags hang down from the ceiling.
3
:
to a lying or sitting position
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Please, sit down.
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Lie down and go to sleep.
4
a
:
to or toward the south
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They went down to Florida for two weeks.
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We drove down from New York.
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The weather's much warmer down south.
b
informal
:
to or toward a place that is thought of as below or away from another place
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She drove down to our house.
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Come on down and see us sometime.
c
:
to or toward a place that is away from the speaker
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He is heading down to the store.
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Would you mind moving (further) down so that we can sit here, too?
5
:
on a piece of paper
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Write down everything he says.
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Take down this number.
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Did you get that down?
6
:
at a lower or less important position in a list or series
—
opposite up
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Supporting public education seems to be far down [=low] on the government's agenda.
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Cleaning my house ranks pretty far down on my list. [=there are many other things I'd rather do]
7
:
to a lower or lesser degree, level, or rate
—
opposite up
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Slow down.
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Could you turn the volume down, please?
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We should give them some time to cool down.
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We should wait for the winds to calm down before we set sail.
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The company's stock went down last week.
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The team was 10 points down [=it had 10 fewer points than the other team] in the third quarter.
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The price of gasoline is starting to go down again.
8
:
to a smaller or weaker state
— often + to
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We have scaled down our plans for the new building.
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Some people want to use the budget surplus to pay down the national debt. [=to make payments that will reduce the national debt]
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They have cut/whittled down the number of candidates.
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He finally got his report down to three pages.
9
:
to a state of failure or defeat
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The school board voted the budget down 55 to 15. [=it voted not to pass the budget]
10
:
in a way that causes someone or something to be less able to move
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Remember to tie down the load.
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They had to strap the patient down to his bed.
11
:
in a thorough or complete way
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The car needs to be washed down.
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Hose the dog down outside.
12
:
to the place where a person or thing is or came from
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They use dogs to hunt down escaped prisoners.
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He chased the ball down and threw it to third base.
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Every attempt to pin down the cause of the disease has proved unsuccessful.
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I haven't been able to track down that quotation.
13
:
from a past time
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This vase has been handed down in our family for several generations.
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Most of these stories were passed down by word of mouth.
14
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as a first payment
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as a down payment
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We put 10 percent down [=we made a 10 percent down payment] on the house.
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Buy a car now with no money down. [=without making a down payment]
15
:
in the stomach
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The baby is having trouble keeping food down.
16
British
:
away from a school or university
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He was sent down for misconduct and never earned his degree.
down in the mouth
down to
1
:
in a way that includes even (the smallest or least important part)
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Our work must be accurate down to the last detail.
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They knew everything about him down to the cologne he wore.
2
:
to the last person or thing that can be used
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It looks like it's down to you and me. [=we are the last two people that are available]
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I'm down to my last dollar. [=I have only one dollar left]
down with
— used to say that you do not like something and want it to stop or fail
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Down with racism!
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Down with the government!
keep your head down
let your hair down
put your foot down
up and down
with your pants down
2
down
/ˈdaʊn/
adjective
2
down
/ˈdaʊn/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of DOWN
1
:
in a low place or position
:
on the ground or floor
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The window shades were down.
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The candy is down on the bottom shelf.
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There was a pile of dirty clothes down on the floor.
2
:
going downward
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She took the down escalator.
3
:
lower in price or value
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These changes should help keep prices down.
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Stocks are down again today.
4
:
less than an earlier or normal level
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Attendance has been down lately.
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New construction is down sharply this month.
5
:
having a lower level of activity
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Our business is having a down year.
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a down market/economy
6
:
having fewer points than an opponent
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His team was down by 10 points [=trailed by 10 points] in the third quarter.
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We're down two runs.
7
:
not operating properly
:
not able to function
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We can't get any work done while the network/system is down.
8
[more down; most down]
:
sad or unhappy
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You look pretty down. What's the matter?
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She was feeling down.
9
:
finished or completed
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I've got eight down and only two more to go. [=I've finished eight and have two more to do]
10
:
learned in a complete way
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Do you all have your lines down? [=memorized]
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We have our routine down pat. [=we have mastered our routine; we can do it easily]
11
:
having something written or recorded in an official way
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You are down for two tickets. [=you are signed up to get two tickets]
12
US slang
— used to say that you understand or approve of something
— usually + with
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I told them I wasn't down with lying to people. [=I don't think that lying to people is right]
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Yeah, I'm down with that.
13
baseball
— used to say how many outs have been made in the inning by the team that is batting
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There are now two (men) down in the top of the third inning.
14
American football
— used to say that the ball or the player who has the ball is on the ground and the play has ended
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The runner was down on the fifty-yard line.
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The ball was down.
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down
/ˈdaʊn/
preposition
3
down
/ˈdaʊn/
preposition
Britannica Dictionary definition of DOWN
1
:
from a higher to a lower part of (something)
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Sweat dripped down her neck.
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The children ran down the hill.
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She fell down the stairs.
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He climbed down the ladder.
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He spilled mustard down the front of his shirt.
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Her hair hung loosely down her back.
2
:
along the course or path of (something)
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Go down the road/street and turn left.
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We grew up down the block from each other.
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There's a bridge three miles down the river. [=three miles in the same direction that the water is going in the river]
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ships sailing down the coast [=along the coast usually toward the south]
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The bathroom is halfway down the hall on the right.
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His pitches were right down the middle of the plate.
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I usually part my hair down the center.
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He is still pacing up and down [=back and forth in] the room.
4
down
/ˈdaʊn/
noun
plural
downs
4
down
/ˈdaʊn/
noun
plural
downs
Britannica Dictionary definition of DOWN
1
[count]
:
a period or state of failure, trouble, etc.
— usually plural
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The company has had more downs than ups this year.
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We have had our ups and downs.
2
American football
:
one of a series of four chances that a team has to move the ball forward 10 yards in order to keep the ball and begin a new series
[noncount]
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He caught the ball on second/third down.
[count]
—
see also first down
5
down
/ˈdaʊn/
noun
5
down
/ˈdaʊn/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of DOWN
[noncount]
1
:
small and very soft feathers
— often used before another noun
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goose down
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a pillow filled with down
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a down pillow/comforter/jacket
2
:
small soft hairs
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The young man had just a light trace of down on his cheeks.
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the down of a peach
6
down
/ˈdaʊn/
verb
downs;
downed;
downing
6
down
/ˈdaʊn/
verb
downs;
downed;
downing
Britannica Dictionary definition of DOWN
[+ object]
1
:
to cause (something) to fall to the ground
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He downed [=shot down] four enemy planes.
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The storm downed power lines throughout the city.
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a downed bird/plane
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a large number of downed power lines
2
informal
:
to eat or drink (something) especially quickly
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She quickly downed [=took, swallowed] the pills I gave her.
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They were downing beers and watching the game on TV.
3
American football
:
to cause (a football) to be out of play
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The quarterback downed the ball to stop the clock.
4
informal
:
defeat
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Smith downed Jones in the first round of the tournament.
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The Cardinals downed the Braves by a score of 5–2.
