Definition of downward

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Downward (a.) Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts..

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Descent :: Descent (n.) Lowest place; extreme downward place.
Pantaloon :: Pantaloon (n.) A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one..
Downward :: Downward (a.) Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent..
Obovate :: Obovate (a.) Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf..
Downward :: Downward (a.) Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts..
Blockhouse :: Blockhouse (n.) An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper story projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to have its sides make an angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enabling the defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; -- formerly much used in America and Germany..
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..
Verge :: Verge (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north..
Dip :: Dip (n.) Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird..
Declension :: Declension (n.) A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc..
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend..
Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
Top-shaped :: Top-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate..
Tail :: Tail (n.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
Devexity :: Devexity (a.) A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity.
Pendulous :: Pendulous (a.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary..
Topsy-turvy :: Topsy-turvy (adv.) In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy..
Vert :: Vert (n.) The color green, represented in a drawing or engraving by parallel lines sloping downward toward the right..
Flatlong :: Flatlong (adv.) With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
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