Definition of down

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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.

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Descent :: Descent (n.) Lowest place; extreme downward place.
Lop :: Lop (a.) Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided..
Overbear :: Overbear (v. t.) To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress..
Quiet :: Quiet (v. i.) To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down..
Jacket :: "Jacket (n.) A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts..
Radicle :: Radicle (n.) The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle..
Tail :: Tail (n.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
Footfall :: Footfall (n.) A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep.
Landau :: Landau (n.) A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage..
Bouleversement :: Bouleversement (n.) Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.
Profound :: Profound (v. t.) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
Overthrow :: Overthrow (v. t.) To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
Nod :: Nod (n.) A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command..
Leapfrog :: Leapfrog (n.) A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former..
Descent :: Descent (n.) The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower..
Scarp :: Scarp (v. t.) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock..
Lieberkuhn :: Lieberkuhn (n.) A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector..
Downfalling :: Downfalling (a.) Falling down.
Demit :: Demit (v. t.) To lay down, as an office; to resign..
Sluiceway :: Sluiceway (n.) An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery..
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