down
Meaning
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- From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- 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.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- From less to greater detail.
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- As a down payment.
- In a downwards direction; vertically.
- 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.
- Get down.
Concepts
down
below
downwards
downward
under
fluff
depressed
low
fuzz
underneath
beneath
descend
downstairs
fur
hair
lower
dispirited
downcast
downhearted
pile
feathers
feather
gloomy
knock down
down feather
downhill
bottom
sad
go through
wool
soft hair
devour
blue
drink down
cut down
down pat
shoot down
go down
south
out of use
swallow
kill
overthrow
pull down
plumage
consume
off
downwardly
polish
down in the mouth
low-spirited
push down
land
nether
on the ground
along
downriver
drop
new hair
sprouting hair
away
fine-tune
refine
grim
belt down
bolt down
pop
pour down
toss off
mastered
hill
dejected
depressing
bring down
fall
plume
nap
up
southward
cheerless
doleful
mournful
sorrowful
lanugo
from above
be sad
unhappy
contained
dominated
behind
fell
end
tip
drink up
knock back
over
direction
to the ground
abase
appease
assuage
beat
breakdown
butcher
calm
chop
cover
cut off
defeat
demolish
depress
dig up
discourage
dishearten
enervate
enfeeble
excavate
exhaust
grub
hack
humiliate
liquidate
mortify
overcome
pass through
quiet
quiten
shoot
shoot dead
slaughter
slay
soothe
still
surmount
tackle
take down
tranquilize
use up
vanquish
weaken
win over
cause to fall
becoming lower
bummed out
heavy-hearted
heavy-spirited
flock
bolt
gorge
knock
lint
lowered
sunken
downy
plumes
under-neath
pubescence
pappus
thoroughly
fully
completely
descent
grudge
down train
bedridden
sick
done
finished
excellent
put down
throw down
flue
d
down-hill
body feather
short
bungled
done for
fucked
ruined
adown
to the bottom
floss
cash payment
cash payments
for cash
pay at desk
payment by cash
payment for cash
payment in cash
ready payment
at the
dune
at the bottom
lowermost
be well-behaved
settle down
head down
snow
downy feather
chopfallen
grass
shoot-down
in the south
southerly
southwards
to the south
in hand
behindhand
slow
bag
bowl over
break
chop down
coldcock
cut
dump
knock over
log
overturn
pour
pour out
spill
strike down
tip over
topple
transfuse
tumble
tump over
turn
turn over
upset
outright
drawn
fast
shut
tied up
bearish
degressive
descendent
falling
engulf
get down
swallow up
plumule
complement
dress
finalise
finalize
finish
round
size
attempt
bid
business
company
crack
enterprise
essay
establishment
firm
fling
foray
go
offer
operation
pass
seeking
stab
try
ground
on foot
kneel
depressive
in one go
down feathers
across
due to
for
in order to
seeing
since
through
feel troubled
back
downstream
earth
hung up
from
whether
eiderdown
about
around
at
because of
down below
fine hair
melancholy
underside
dime
out of service
out of order
nadir
come down
decline
decrease
position
spatially
ladder
camel’s hair
felt
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/daʊn/
Etymology
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)".
Cognate with Western Frisian
dún
Cognate with Dutch
duin
Cognate with German
Düne
Cognate with German
Daune
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