The Meaning of down

• (n.) Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool
• (n.) The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets.
• (n.) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle.
• (n.) The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
• (n.) That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down
• (v. t.) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
• (prep.) 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.
• (prep.) 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.
• (prep.) A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.
• (prep.) A state of depression; low state; abasement.
• (adv.) 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.
• (adv.) 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.
• (adv.) 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.
• (adv.) From a remoter or higher antiquity.
• (adv.) 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.
• (adv.) 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.
• (adv.) Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound.
• (v. t.) To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.
• (v. i.) To go down; to descend.
• (a.) Downcast; as, a down look.
• (a.) Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial.
• (a.) Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.

Synonyms

down feather , Down , John L. H. Down , pile , toss off , pop , bolt down , belt down , pour down , drink down , kill , devour , consume , go through , shoot down , land , knock down , cut down , push down , pull down , polish , refine , fine-tune , downward , down pat , mastered , depressed , gloomy , grim , blue , depressed , dispirited , downcast , downhearted , down in the mouth , low , low-spirited , downwards , downward , downwardly

Antonyms

up , up , upwards , upward , upwardly , up , up

Homophones

downe

Rhymes

allentown , around , ashdown , baytown , beantown , breakdown , bridgetown , brown , browne , charlestown , charlottetown , chinatown , clampdown , closedown , clown , comedown , cooperstown , countdown , crackdown , crosstown , crown , crowne , downe , downingtown , downtown , drown , elizabethtown , facedown , freetown , frown , georgetown , germantown , godown , gown , hoedown , hometown , jamestown , johnstown , knockdown , letdown , levittown , lockdown , lowdown , lown , markdown , marshalltown , mccoun , mccown , mcgown , mcquown , meltdown , middletown , midtown , morgantown , motown , newtown , newtowne , noun , playground , provincetown , renown , run-down , rundown , shakedown , shoun , showdown , shutdown , slowdown , southdown , sundown , touchdown , town , towne , turndown , uptown , watertown , williamstown , yorktown , youngstown