downwardsdown‧wards /ˈdaʊnwədz $ -wərdz/ ●●○ (also downward) adverb 
Nina glanced downwards. Hold out your hands with your palms facing downwards. The body was lying face downwards (=with the front of the body on the floor).2used when a number or amount becomes smaller OPP upwards: The death toll was later revised downwards to 689.3 from the chairman/president/top etc downwards used to mean that people of all levels in an organization, country etc are affected by something: Everyone from the chairman downwards is taking a pay cut.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- We came to a path winding downwards through the trees.
- And everybody knows from the Depratment of transport downwards that it isn't going to work.
- Dougal forced it downwards, as nearly vertically as he could manage.
- He too felt the spongy soil drawing him downwards.
- The risk is that we carry on drifting downwards because there is no real impact on those expectations.
- The scale on which it registers experience can be adjusted upwards or downwards.
- There were grinning gnomes worked into the iron filigree, running downwards helter-skelter.
- Yellow-brown leaves spun downwards from high branches, and the calm estuary waters could be seen below, from between the trees.
- You have already met an example of this in the heat generated when the iron core of a planet separates downwards.
Longman Language Activatormoving down
to a lower position or place: · I told you not to climb on that table. Get down!down into/to/from etc: · He's gone down to the basement to get some more beer.· The accident happened when we were coming down off the mountain.roll/fall/jump etc down: · Tears began to roll down her cheeks.· The heat of the fire brought ceilings crashing down onto the floor.look/glance/stare etc down: · She gazed down at the ring on her finger.· The doctor glanced down at the notepad on his desk.
British also downward American moving, looking, or pointing towards a lower level or towards the ground: · We came to a path winding downwards through the trees.· He was gazing downward into the pit.
if you move, walk, drive etc downhill , you go down a slope: · We set off downhill towards the lake.· After we get to the top it'll be downhill all the way to Kendal.
British also earthward American formal down towards the ground from the sky or from a high place: · Moments later he tripped and was falling earthwards.· Flight 427 suddenly rolled and plunged earthward as it approached Pittsburgh.
going or moving towards a lower level or towards the ground: · He managed to pull himself free with a sudden downward movement of his hands.· She gave the bell-rope a swift downward tug.· The downward pressure on my chest became more intense.
if someone is lying face down , they are lying with their face on the ground or a surface: lie face down: · Douglas found her lying face down on the floor.collapse/land/fall etc face down: · She was flung violently forward, to land face down in a heap of blankets.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The body was lying face downwards (=with the front of the body on the floor).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
The body was lying face downwards (=with the front of the body on the floor).· Place a rubber band over your first and second fingers and hold your right hand facing downwards.· Dinosaur shoulder blades had concave sockets facing downwards and backwards.· Then very, very slowly the arms are raised to shoulder level, with the palms facing downwards.· With corns, the build-up is cone-shaped, with the pointed end - the nucleus - facing downwards.· The tesserae are facing downwards, the flexible material is uppermost.
· She moved downwards to tease his limp pego with her luscious melons, but to no avail.· They will only be able to move downwards, ultimately ending up in 4a.· You will notice that your jaw will move downwards.· An example of this is walking up an escalator at the same speed that the escalator is moving downwards.
· With your fingers pointing downwards, gently pull each hand alternately straight up from the floor or table.· It was pointed downwards, the jaws grinning, the muzzle close to the ground.· Suddenly he swung up close to my port side, waggling his wings frantically and pointing downwards.· The fingers and hands should be pointing downwards in this exercise.· The green copper figurines have one arm waving towards the sky and one pointing downwards.
· They suggest that forecasts of warming may have to revised downwards.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1towards a lower level or position OPP upwards: - As the system empties, open all the radiator air vents, working from the top downwards until the system is empty.
- A man lay face down, feet toward the center, head away from it.
- Gently, he brought his face down on to Joe's and kissed him on his lips.
- I set my book face down on the chair and followed after him.
- I was lying face down on the ground.
- Larry Flynt presents the infamous pornographer as a likable slob who faced down the big guys and won.
- On return to Earth the orbiter orients itself so that the underside is facing down and slightly forwards.
- Side by side, the two men lay face down in the grass, feet toward the rear of the pale car.
Nina glanced downwards. Hold out your hands with your palms facing downwards. The body was lying face downwards (=with the front of the body on the floor).2used when a number or amount becomes smaller OPP upwards: The death toll was later revised downwards to 689.3 from the chairman/president/top etc downwards used to mean that people of all levels in an organization, country etc are affected by something: Everyone from the chairman downwards is taking a pay cut.