Definition of down

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Down (adv.) From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions..

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Lier :: Lier (n.) One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment..
Underfoot :: Underfoot (a.) Low; base; abject; trodden down.
Coasting :: Coasting (n.) Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.
Spirit :: Spirit (n.) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits..
Dismount :: Dismount (v. i.) To come down; to descend.
Deep :: Deep (superl.) Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea..
Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline..
Procidentia :: Procidentia (n.) A falling down; a prolapsus.
Crush :: Crush (v. i.) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily..
Gulch :: Gulch (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
Key :: Key (n.) The last board of a floor when laid down.
Mangrove :: Mangrove (n.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant..
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..
Procedendo :: Procedendo (n.) A writ by which a cause which has been removed on insufficient grounds from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari, or otherwise, is sent down again to the same court, to be proceeded in there..
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft..
House :: House (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in
Fret :: Fret (n.) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins..
Prolapse :: Prolapse (v. i.) To fall down or out; to protrude.
Piligerous :: Piligerous (a.) Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) To depreciate or cry down.
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