down

nouns

soft fine feathers
down, down feather
is derived from
downy
(American football) a complete play to advance the football
"you have four downs to gain ten yards"
down
domain category
a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
American football, American football game
is a type of (narrower)
(game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
"it is my turn"; "it is still my play"
play, turn
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
down
domain usage
the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
plural, plural form
is a type of (narrower)
elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
highland, upland
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
down, pile
is derived from
downy

verbs

drink down entirely
"He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off
eat immoderately
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
consume, devour, down, go through
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
down
domain category
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
athletics, sport
is a type of (narrower)
win a victory over
"You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
defeat, get the better of, overcome
shoot at and force to come down
"the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
down, land, shoot down
cause to come or go down
"The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
cut down, down, knock down, pull down, push down
is derived from
downer
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
"refine one's style of writing"
down, fine-tune, polish, refine

adjectives

being or moving lower in position or less in some value
"lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"
down
antonym
up
is similar to
having the lower score or lagging position in a contest
"behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing"
behind
is similar to
heading in any direction that is conventionally down
"a downbound channel"; "the downbound train"
downbound
is similar to
directed downward
"a downcast glance"
downcast
is similar to
toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
"he threw to a downfield receiver"
downfield
is similar to
on or toward a surface regarded as a base
"he lay face downward"; "the downward pull of gravity"
downward
is similar to
having dropped by the force of gravity
"fallen leaves covered the forest floor"; "sat on a fallen tree trunk"
fallen
is similar to
being below the horizon
"the moon is set"
set
is similar to
caused to fall to the ground
"the thrown rider got back on his horse"; "a thrown wrestler"; "a ball player thrown for a loss"
thrown
is similar to
tending downward in price
"a weak market for oil stocks"
weak
see also
literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
"low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"
low
see also
coming down or downward
descending
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
"the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"
down, downward
becoming progressively lower
"the down trend in the real estate market"
down
is similar to
becoming lower or less in degree or value
"a falling market"; "falling incomes"
falling
being put out by a strikeout
"two down in the bottom of the ninth"
down
is similar to
not allowed to continue to bat or run
"he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"
out
understood perfectly
"had his algebra problems down"
down, down pat, mastered
lower than previously
"the market is depressed"; "prices are down"
depressed, down
shut
"the shades were down"
down
is similar to
below the surround or below the normal position
"with lowered eyes"
lowered
not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
"we can't work because the computer is down"
down
is similar to
not working or taking effect
"an inoperative law"
inoperative
filled with melancholy and despondency
"gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited

adverbs

spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
"don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward"
down, downward, downwardly, downwards
antonym
up
away from a more central or a more northerly place
"was sent down to work at the regional office"; "worked down on the farm"; "came down for the wedding"; "flew down to Florida"
down
antonym
up
paid in cash at time of purchase
"put ten dollars down on the necklace"
down
from an earlier time
"the story was passed down from father to son"
down
to a lower intensity
"he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
down
antonym
up
in an inactive or inoperative state
"the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again"
down