Definition of down

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Down (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.

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Muss :: Muss (n.) A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle..
Hagbut :: Hagbut (n.) A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim..
Cottony :: Cottony (a.) Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly..
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down.
A- :: A- () A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English
Decry :: Decry (v. t.) To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage..
Squelch :: Squelch (v. t.) To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.
Downfallen :: Downfallen (a.) Fallen; ruined.
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts.
Dog's-ear :: Dog's-ear (n.) The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To lean or incline; to incline downward.
Recouch :: Recouch (v. i.) To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
Maat :: Maat (a.) Dejected; sorrowful; downcast.
Declinate :: Declinate (a.) Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined.
Downright :: Downright (adv.) Straight down; perpendicularly.
Sober :: Sober (v. i.) To become sober; -- often with down.
Down :: Down (v. t.) To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down..
Downwards :: Downwards (adv.) From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards..
Depressor :: Depressor (n.) One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor..
Unbowed :: Unbowed (a.) Not bent or arched; not bowed down.
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