down

Meanings

1. From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
2. To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
3. At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
4. To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
5. Away from the city (regardless of direction).
6. At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
7. Forward, straight ahead.
8. In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
9. Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
10. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
11. Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
12. So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.

1. From the higher end to the lower of.
2. From north to south of.
3. Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
4. From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
5. At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
6. To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).

1. Facing downwards.
2. At a lower level than before.
3. Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
4. Sick, wounded, or damaged:
5. Sick or ill.
6. Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
7. Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
8. Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
9. Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
10. In prison.
11. Having a lower score than an opponent.
12. Out.

1. To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
2. Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
3. To lower; to put (something) down.
4. To defeat; to overpower.
5. To disparage; to put down.
6. To go or come down; to descend.
7. To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
8. To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
9. To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.

1. A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
2. A grudge (on someone).
3. A downer, depressant.
4. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
5. A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
6. A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
7. The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
8. A downstairs room of a two-story house.
9. Down payment.
10. The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.

1. A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
2. A field, especially one used for horse racing.
3. A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.

1. Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
2. The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
3. The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
4. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.

1. To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

1. One of the six traditional counties of Northern Ireland, usually known as County Down.
2. A surname.

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English of- Proto-Germanic *dūnaz? Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós? Proto-Celtic *dūnomder.? Proto-West Germanic *dūnā Old English dūne Old English ofdūne Old English adūne Old English dūne Middle English doun English down From Middle English doun, doune (“down”), from Old English dūne (“down”), aphetic form of adūne (“down, downward”), from earlier ofdūne (“down”, literally “off the hill”), from of (“of, off of”) + dūn (“hill, mount, dune, down”). More at Etymology 2 below. For the development from directional phrases to prepositions, compare Old Frisian dene (“down”, adverb, literally “(to the) floor”), Middle Low German dāle (“down, downwards”, literally “(in/to the) dale/valley”), whence German Low German dal (“down”). Compare also Saterland Frisian deel (“down”, literally “to/into the dale”), West Frisian del (“down”). Cognate with Scots doon (“down”).

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