Definition of down

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Down (adv.) In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well..

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Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense..
Mollipilose :: Mollipilose (a.) Having soft hairs; downy.
Deturb :: Deturb (v. t.) To throw down.
Embase :: Embase (v. t.) To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate..
Slide :: Slide (n.) The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide..
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight..
Arrant :: Arrant (a.) Notoriously or preeminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward..
Obimbricate :: Obimbricate (a.) Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward..
Downstairs :: Downstairs (a.) Below stairs; as, a downstairs room..
Pubescence :: Pubescence (n.) A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some plants and insects; also, the state of being so covered..
Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To put down; to crush out; to suppress.
Descent :: Descent (n.) Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc..
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..
Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses..
Lock-down :: Lock-down (n.) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen.
Waister :: Waister (n.) A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war..
Under :: Under (prep.) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the
Dog-eared :: Dog-eared (a.) Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book.
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..
Tabling :: Tabling (n.) A forming into tables; a setting down in order.
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