Definition of down

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Down (n.) Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool.

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Plank :: Plank (v. t.) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager..
Pronation :: Pronation (n.) That motion of the forearm whereby the palm or palmar, surface is turned downward..
Seesaw :: Seesaw (v. i.) To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward..
Slatting :: Slatting (n.) The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down..
Dismount :: Dismount (v. t.) To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like..
Psilopaedic :: Psilopaedic (a.) Having down upon the pterylae only; -- said of the young of certain birds.
Quiet :: Quiet (v. i.) To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down..
Hew :: Hew (n.) Destruction by cutting down.
Slide :: Slide (n.) The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide..
Tomentum :: Tomentum (n.) The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.
Defluous :: Defluous (a.) Flowing down; falling off.
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To throw down, as in wrestling..
Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
Downhearted :: Downhearted (a.) Dejected; low-spirited.
Downwards :: Downwards (adv.) From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.
Blockhouse :: Blockhouse (n.) An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper story projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to have its sides make an angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enabling the defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; -- formerly much used in America and Germany..
Bob :: Bob (v. i.) To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything..
Imprecate :: Imprecate (v. t.) To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.
Flat :: Flat (superl.) Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive; downright.
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