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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Droplight :: Droplight (n.) An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.
Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline..
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight..
Thesis :: Thesis (n.) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis..
Glissade :: Glissade (n.) A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps..
Web :: Web (n.) The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feather..
Key :: Key (n.) The last board of a floor when laid down.
Backdown :: Backdown (n.) A receding or giving up; a complete surrender.
Flue :: Flue (n.) Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair..
Pilose :: Pilose (a.) Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.
Fell :: Fell (v. i.) To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.
Quenouille Training :: Quenouille training () A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches and pruning.
Weight :: Weight (v. t.) To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle..
Overgo :: Overgo (v. t.) To oppress; to weigh down.
Traduce :: Traduce (v. t.) To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants..
Even :: Even (a.) Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much as; fully; quite..
Down :: 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.
Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird..
Breakdown :: Breakdown (n.) Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time..
Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..
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