Definition of down

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Down (n.) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle..

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Sundown :: Sundown (n.) The setting of the sun; sunset.
Reap :: Reap (v.) A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
Hagdon :: Hagdon (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater..
Flocculent :: Flocculent (a.) Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds.
Touchback :: Touchback (n.) The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.
Deposit :: Deposit (n.) To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium..
Down :: Down (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..
Dip :: Dip (n.) Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
Hanch :: Hanch () A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway..
Capellet :: Capellet (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down..
Down-share :: Down-share (n.) A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs.
Downward :: Downward (a.) Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous..
Perpendicle :: Perpendicle (n.) Something hanging straight down; a plumb line.
Decry :: Decry (v. t.) To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage..
Subside :: Subside (v. i.) To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
Taproot :: Taproot (n.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Sabre :: Sabre (v. t.) To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber..
Flag :: Flag (n.) That which flags or hangs down loosely.
Landowner :: Landowner (n.) An owner of land.
Scramble :: Scramble (v. i.) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
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