Definitions
How to pronounce down:
Down - as an adjective
Being or moving lower in position or less in some value
Example: "Lay face down"
Down - as a noun
Soft fine feathers
English physician who first described down's syndrome (1828-1896)
(american football) a complete play to advance the football
Example: "You have four downs to gain ten yards"
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
Down - as an adverb
Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
Example: "Don't fall down"
Away from a more central or a more northerly place
Example: "Was sent down to work at the regional office"
Paid in cash at time of purchase
Example: "Put ten dollars down on the necklace"
From an earlier time
Example: "The story was passed down from father to son"
To a lower intensity
Example: "He slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
In an inactive or inoperative state
Example: "The factory went down during the strike"
Down - as an adjective satellite
Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
Example: "The down staircase"
Becoming progressively lower
Example: "The down trend in the real estate market"
Being put out in a game of baseball
Example: "Two down in the bottom of the ninth"
Understood perfectly
Example: "Had his algebra problems down"
Shut
Example: "The shades were down"
Not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
Example: "We can't work because the computer is down"
Filled with melancholy and despondency
Example: "Gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"
Down - as a verb
Drink down entirely
Example: "He downed three martinis before dinner"
Eat up completely, as with great appetite
Example: "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
Bring down or defeat (an opponent)
Shoot at and force to come down
Example: "The enemy landed several of our aircraft"
Cause to come or go down
Example: "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"
Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
Example: "Refine one's style of writing"
Down - as a preposition
From the higher end to the lower of.
Example: "The ball rolled down the hill."
From nouth to south of.
Example: "We sailed down the eastern seaboard."
From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
Example: "The bus went down the street."
At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
Example: "I'll see you later down the pub."
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
DOWN has a SCRABBLE points total of 8.
DOWN has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 9.
DOWN has a WORDFEUD points total of 8.
