down

Signification (Anglais)

1. From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
2. To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
3. At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
4. To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
5. Away from the city (regardless of direction).
6. At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
7. Forward, straight ahead.
8. In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
9. Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
10. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
11. Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
12. So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
13. So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
14. From less to greater detail.
15. From a remoter or higher antiquity.
16. Into a state of non-operation.
17. So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
18. On paper (or in a durable record).
19. As a down payment.
20. In a downwards direction; vertically.
21. Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
22. Get down.

en bas

duvet

vers le bas

non-marche

poudre

bien se comporter

en-dessous

le long

réduire à une position inférieur

s’installer

terrasser

vers le sud

down

boire cul sec

dépri

down feather

soft hair

drink down

out of use

push down

sprouting hair

belt down

be sad

to the ground

from above

bolt down

new hair

head down

in one go

quiten

shoot dead

at the bottom

cause to fall

chopfallen

down train

fine hair

for cash

in the south

payment in cash

throw down

to the bottom

to the south

down feathers

becoming lower

bummed out

heavy-spirited

be well-behaved

adown

crack

under-neath

shoot-down

tump over

payment by cash

cash payments

down-hill

body feather

payment for cash

pay at desk

ready payment

feel troubled

at the

camel’s hair

cash payment

down below

downy feather

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/daʊn/

table From Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, aphetic form of adūne, from ofdūne (“off the hill”). For the development from directional phrases to prepositions, compare Middle Low German dāle (“(in/to the) valley”), i.e. "down(wards)".