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Definition of down

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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..

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Quash :: Quash (v. t.) To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush..

Puff-leg :: Puff-leg (n.) Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.

Undulated :: Undulated (a.) Waved obtusely up and down, near the margin, as a leaf or corolla; wavy..

Battering-ram :: Battering-ram (n.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.

Sad :: Sad (supperl.) Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.

Jotter :: Jotter (n.) One who jots down memoranda.

Rebuke :: Rebuke (v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish..

Undulation :: Undulation (n.) A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated continuously among its particles, but with no translation of the particles themselves in the direction of the propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration..

Upsidown :: Upsidown (adv.) See Upsodown.

Maat :: Maat (a.) Dejected; sorrowful; downcast.

Deject :: Deject (v. t.) To cast down.

Downlooked :: Downlooked (a.) Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen.

Orgue :: Orgue (n.) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack..

Southdown :: Southdown (a.) Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England..

Comose :: Comose (a.) Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed..

Cloak :: Cloak (n.) A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women..

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc..

Flocculent :: Flocculent (a.) Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds.

Leg :: Leg (n.) An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; -- called also water leg..

Avalanche :: Avalanche (n.) A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice..