down

Signification (Anglais)

Adv

1. (comparable, not-comparable, usually) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
2. (not-comparable, usually) To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
3. (comparable, not-comparable, usually) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
4. (not-comparable, usually) To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
5. (not-comparable, usually) Away from the city (regardless of direction).
6. (not-comparable, usually) 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. (not-comparable, usually) Forward, straight ahead.
8. (not-comparable, usually) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
9. (UK, dated, not-comparable, usually) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
10. (not-comparable, usually) To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
11. (not-comparable, usually) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
12. (not-comparable, usually) So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
13. (not-comparable, usually) So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
14. (not-comparable, usually) From less to greater detail.
15. (not-comparable, usually) From a remoter or higher antiquity.
16. (not-comparable, usually) Into a state of non-operation.
17. (not-comparable, usually) So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
18. (not-comparable, usually) On paper (or in a durable record).
19. (not-comparable, usually) So as to be cowed into silence.
20. (not-comparable, usually) As a down payment.
21. (not-comparable, usually) In a downwards direction; vertically.
22. (not-comparable, usually) 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.
23. (imperative, not-comparable, usually) Get down.

Prep

1. From the higher end to the lower of.
2. From north to south of.
3. Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
4. From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
5. (colloquial) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).

Adj

1. Facing downwards.
2. At a lower level than before.
3. (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
4. Sick, wounded, or damaged:
5. (not-comparable, slang) Sick, wounded, or damaged:
6. Sick, wounded, or damaged:
7. (not-comparable, slang) Sick, wounded, or damaged:
8. (not-comparable) Sick, wounded, or damaged:
9. (slang) In prison.
10. Having a lower score than an opponent.
11. (colloquial) Out.
12. (colloquial) Negative about; hostile to.
13. (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
14. (slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
15. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
16. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
17. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
18. Fallen or felled.
19. Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

Verb

1. (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
2. (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
3. (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To defeat; to overpower.
5. (colloquial, transitive) To disparage; to put down.
6. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To go or come down; to descend.
7. (colloquial, transitive) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
8. (Canadian, transitive) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
9. (transitive) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.

Noun

1. A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
2. (dated) A grudge (on someone).
3. A downer, depressant.
4. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
5. A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
6. A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
7. The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
8. A downstairs room of a two-story house.
9. Down payment.
10. The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.

Noun

1. (Australia, Southern-England, also, countable, especially, often, plural, uncountable) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
2. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
3. (UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
2. (countable, uncountable) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
3. (countable, uncountable) The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
4. (countable, uncountable) That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.

Verb

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

Concepts

en bas

duvet

bas

vers le bas

faire cul sec

abattre

sous

dépressif

laisser tomber

triste

☹️

à bas

avaler

sud

descendre

plume

🪶

colline

établir

foutu

inférieur

là-bas

laine

le

morose

non-marche

plumage

polir

porte

🚪

poudre

revers

sabler

terre

tuer

🔪🩸👤

vers

à terre

bien se comporter

démoralisé

descends

duveteux

en-dessous

hors service

HS

lande

le long

par terre

plumes

plumule

posé

réduire à une position inférieur

s’installer

terrasser

Opposé de

up

Synonymes

below

downwards

downward

under

fluff

depressed

low

fuzz

underneath

beneath

descend

downstairs

dispirited

fur

pile

downhearted

lower

hair

downcast

gloomy

bottom

sad

☹️

feathers

feather

🪶

downhill

down feather

knock down

go down

go through

shoot down

south

cut down

blue

drink down

out of use

soft hair

wool

devour

down pat

push down

polish

🇵🇱

pull down

swallow

off

on the ground

consume

overthrow

along

downriver

downwardly

Traductions

abajo

giù

bajo

unten

abaixo

Daune

herab

herunter

abbasso

hinunter

piumino

hinab

Flaum

κάτω

plumón

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/daʊn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: doun

Hérité de ancien anglais: dūne

Hérité de moyen anglais: doune

Hérité de ancien anglais: dūn

Appartenant à gallois: din

Appartenant à irlandais: dún

Appartenant à frison occidental: dún

Appartenant à néerlandais: duin

Appartenant à allemand: Düne

Appartenant à saterlandais: Duune

Appartenant à allemand: Daune

Appartenant à danois: dun

In summary

From Middle English doun, doune, from Old English dūne (“down”), aphetic form of adūne (“down, downward”), from earlier ofdūne (“down”, literally “off the hill”), from of (“of, off of”) + dūn (“hill, mount, dune, down”). More at Etymology 2 below. For the development from directional phrases to prepositions, compare Middle Low German dāle (“down, downwards”, literally “(in/to the) dale/valley”), whence German Low German dal (“down”). Compare also Saterland Frisian deel (“down”, literally “to/into the dale”).

Phrases

Put down your weapons .

Mettez vos armes.

We had to rush down the minute it happened !

Nous avons dû nous précipiter dès que c'est arrivé!

Never let the sun go down on your anger .

Ne laissez jamais le soleil se coucher sur votre colère.

As soon as he saw me among the crowd , he called to me to come down .

Dès qu'il m'a vu parmi la foule, il m'a appelé à descendre.

Looking down at the spoon he held , the boy saw that the oil was gone .

En regardant la cuillère qu'il tenait, le garçon a vu que l'huile avait disparu.

I felt a chill down my spine .

J'ai senti un froid dans ma colonne vertébrale.