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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Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment..
Touchdown :: Touchdown (n.) The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal .
Decumbency :: Decumbency (n.) The act or posture of lying down.
Kneel :: Kneel (v. i.) To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down.
Herb :: Herb (n.) A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering..
Jar :: "Jar (n.) In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed..
Gulp :: Gulp (v. t.) To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow..
Daffodil :: Daffodil (n.) A plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc..
Fling :: Fling (v. t.) To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation..
Jiggle :: Jiggle (v. i.) To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to shake up and down.
Descending :: Descending (a.) Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.
Undulated :: Undulated (a.) Waved obtusely up and down, near the margin, as a leaf or corolla; wavy..
Downed :: Downed (imp. & p. p.) of Dow.
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..
Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation..
Recouch :: Recouch (v. i.) To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
Flocculent :: Flocculent (a.) Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds.
Craziness :: Craziness (n.) The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs..
Downiness :: Downiness (n.) The quality or state of being downy.
Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.
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