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

cut down; "the tree is down"

soft fine feathers

(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

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

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"

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

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"

the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the down payment"; "a payment of $200 down"

out; "two down in the last of the ninth"

(American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards"

fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

bring down or defeat (an opponent)

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

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

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

shut; "the shades were down"

becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market"

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"

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

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

cut down; "the tree is down"

a complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards"

soft fine feathers

(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

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

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"

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

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"

the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the down payment"; "a payment of $200 down"

out; "two down in the last of the ninth"

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets.

The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle.

The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.

That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down

To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.

A state of depression; low state; abasement.

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.

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.

From a remoter or higher antiquity.

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.

Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound.

To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.

To go down; to descend.

Downcast; as, a down look.

Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial.

Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.

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.

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.

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.

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets.

The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle.

The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.

That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down

To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.

A state of depression; low state; abasement.

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.

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.

From a remoter or higher antiquity.

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.

Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound.

To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.

To go down; to descend.

Downcast; as, a down look.

Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial.

Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.

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.

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.

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.

Soft feathers, hair, or wool; the soft fibers of plants; banks or small, rounded hills of sand.

From a higher to a lower degree or position; at the lowest point; on the ground; below the horizon; opposite to up; from earlier to later times; in hand, or on the counter; as, to pay down for goods; on paper, or in a book.

Dejected; downcast.

Along a descent of; from a higher to a lower place on; along the course or current of.

The soft hair under the feathers of fowls: the hairy covering of the seeds of certain plants: anything which soothes or invites to repose.

A bank of sand thrown up by the sea:-pl. a tract of hilly land, used for pasturing sheep.

From a higher to a lower position: on the ground: from earlier to later times.

Along a descent: from a higher to a lower position or state.

Along a descent.

In a descending direction; on the ground; below the horizon.

Soft feathers or fine hair; bank of sand thrown up by the sea.

Fine soft plumage, hair, or fibers.

A flat - topped treeless hill; undulating tract of upland.

From a higher to or toward a lower place or position; downward to or on the ground; below the horizon.

In a descending direction along, upon, or within.

The fine soft feathers of fowls, particularly of the duck kind; fine hair; a fine hairy substance, the pubescence of flowers; a fine feathery substance, by which seeds are wafted to a distance; anything that soothes, or a place of soft repose.

A bank of sand thrown up by the sea; a tract of naked hilly land used only for pasturing sheep. The downs, a well-known road for shipping in the English Channel near Deal.

A depressed state. Up and down, here and there. Down with, to pull down or throw or take down.

The fine soft feathers of fowls; any fine hairy substance light enough to float in the air.

From a higher to a lower place; on the ground; extended or prostrate on any surface; toward the mouth of a river; below the horizon, as the sun; into a due consistence, as, to boil down. Note.-Persons in London say down to Scotland, &c., and those in the provinces, up to London.

see Attack.

n. [Icelandic] The fine soft feathers of birds, especially of the eider duck;—the fine hair growing on the chin at puberty;—the pubescence of plants; the pappus or fine hairy growth by which seeds are conveyed, as in the thistle.

n. [Anglo-Saxon] A bank or hillock of sand thrown up by the sea;—a tract of sandy and barren land;—a large open plain on elevated land;—pl. A road for shipping in the English Channel, near Deal.

prep. [Anglo-Saxon] Along a descent; towards a lower place, station, or position:—toward the mouth of a river, or toward the place where water is discharged into the ocean or a lake.

adv. In a descending direction; tending from a higher to a lower place from a higher to a lower condition; —from a remoter or higher antiquity;—below the horizon in a low position or condition; on the ground; — in humility, disgrace, and the like.

Soft feathers; anything that sooths or mollifies; soft wool, or tender hair; the soft fibres of plants which wing the seeds.

A large open plain or valley.

Along a descent, from a higher place to a lower; towards the mouth of a river.

On the ground, from the height to a lower situation; tending towards the ground; out of sight, below the horizon; to a total maceration; into disgrace, into declining reputation; Up and down, here, and there.

An exhortation to destruction or demolition.