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English adjective: down | |||
| 1. | down being or moving lower in position or less in some value | ||
| Samples | Lay face down. The moon is down. Our team is down by a run. Down by a pawn. The stock market is down today. | ||
| Similar | behind, downbound, downcast, downfield, downward, fallen, set, thrown, weak | ||
| See also | descending, low | ||
| Antonyms | up | ||
| 2. | down extending or moving from a higher to a lower place | ||
| Samples | The down staircase. The downward course of the stream. | ||
| Synonyms | downward | ||
| Similar | descending | ||
| Antonyms | ascending | ||
| 3. | down becoming progressively lower | ||
| Samples | The down trend in the real estate market. | ||
| Similar | falling | ||
| Antonyms | rising | ||
| 4. | down being put out by a strikeout | ||
| Samples | Two down in the bottom of the ninth. | ||
| Similar | out | ||
| Antonyms | safe | ||
| 5. | down understood perfectly | ||
| Samples | Had his algebra problems down. | ||
| Synonyms | down pat, mastered | ||
| Similar | perfect | ||
| Antonyms | imperfect | ||
| 6. | down lower than previously | ||
| Samples | The market is depressed. Prices are down. | ||
| Synonyms | depressed | ||
| Similar | low | ||
| Antonyms | high | ||
| 7. | down shut | ||
| Samples | The shades were down. | ||
| Similar | lowered | ||
| Antonyms | raised | ||
| 8. | down not functioning (temporarily or permanently) | ||
| Samples | We can't work because the computer is down. | ||
| Similar | inoperative | ||
| Antonyms | operative | ||
| 9. | down filled with melancholy and despondency | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | blue, depressed, dispirited, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited | ||
| Similar | dejected | ||
| Antonyms | elated | ||
English noun: down | |||
| 1. | down (animal) soft fine feathers | ||
| Synonyms | down feather | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | feather, plumage, plume | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | duck down, goose down, plumule, swan's down | ||
| 2. | down (act) (American football) a complete play to advance the football | ||
| Samples | You have four downs to gain ten yards. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | play, turn | ||
| Domain category | American football, American football game | ||
| 3. | Down (person) English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) | ||
| Synonyms | John L. H. Down | ||
| Instance hypernym | doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico, physician | ||
| 4. | down (object) (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | highland, upland | ||
| Domain usage | plural, plural form | ||
| 5. | down (body) fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) | ||
| Synonyms | pile | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hair | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | lanugo | ||
English adverb: down | |||
| 1. | down spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position | ||
| Samples | Don't fall down. Rode the lift up and skied down. Prices plunged downward. | ||
| Synonyms | downward, downwardly, downwards | ||
| Antonyms | up, upward, upwardly, upwards | ||
| 2. | down away from a more central or a more northerly place | ||
| Samples | Was sent down to work at the regional office. Worked down on the farm. Came down for the wedding. Flew down to Florida. | ||
| Antonyms | up | ||
| 3. | down paid in cash at time of purchase | ||
| Samples | Put ten dollars down on the necklace. | ||
| 4. | down from an earlier time | ||
| Samples | The story was passed down from father to son. | ||
| 5. | down to a lower intensity | ||
| Samples | He slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black. | ||
| Antonyms | up | ||
| 6. | down in an inactive or inoperative state | ||
| Samples | The factory went down during the strike. The computer went down again. | ||
English verb: down | |||
| 1. | down (consumption) drink down entirely | ||
| Samples | He downed three martinis before dinner. She killed a bottle of brandy that night. They popped a few beer after work. | ||
| Synonyms | belt down, bolt down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drink, imbibe | ||
| 2. | down (consumption) eat immoderately | ||
| Samples | Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal. | ||
| Examples | They down more bread | ||
| Synonyms | consume, devour, go through | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | eat | ||
| 3. | down (competition) bring down or defeat (an opponent) | ||
| Examples | The fighter managed to down his opponent | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | defeat, get the better of, overcome | ||
| Domain category | athletics, sport | ||
| 4. | down (motion) shoot at and force to come down | ||
| Samples | The enemy landed several of our aircraft. | ||
| Synonyms | land, shoot down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| 5. | down (contact) cause to come or go down | ||
| Samples | The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect. The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet. | ||
| Examples | The fighter managed to down his opponent | ||
| Synonyms | cut down, knock down, pull down, push down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | strike | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | submarine | ||
| 6. | down (change) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing | ||
| Samples | Refine one's style of writing. | ||
| Synonyms | fine-tune, polish, refine | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, over-refine, overrefine, school, train | ||
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