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Down 1Definition: Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool
Down 2Definition: The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets. Down 3Definition: The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle. Down 4Definition: The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear. Down 5Definition: That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down Down 6Definition: To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down. Down 7Definition: 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. Down 8Definition: 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. Down 9Definition: A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war. Down 10Definition: A state of depression; low state; abasement. Down 11Definition: 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. Down 12Definition: 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. Down 13Definition: 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. Down 14Definition: From a remoter or higher antiquity. Down 15Definition: 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. Down 16Definition: 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. Down 17Definition: Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound. Down 18Definition: To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down. Down 19Definition: To go down; to descend. Down 20Definition: Downcast; as, a down look. Down 21Definition: Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial. Down 22Definition: Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway. down 23Definition: (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have downs to gain yards" down 24Definition: soft fine feathers down 25Definition: fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) down 26Definition: (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil Down 27Definition: English physician who first described Down''s syndrome down 28Definition: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one''s style of writing" down 29Definition: bring down or defeat (an opponent) down 30Definition: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" down 31Definition: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work" down 32Definition: 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" down 33Definition: shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" down 34Definition: the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the down payment"; "a payment of down" down 35Definition: not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can''t work because the computer is down" down 36Definition: cut down; "the tree is down" down 37Definition: shut; "the shades were down" down 38Definition: understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down" down 39Definition: 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" down 40Definition: 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" down 41Definition: 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" down 42Definition: paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on the necklace" down 43Definition: in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again" down 44Definition: to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black" down 45Definition: from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son"
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