down¹ /down/

1. (passing into adj in predicative use) to a lower position, level or state
2. Away from a centre (capital, city, university, etc)
3. Southwards
4. To leeward
5. In a low or lowered position or state
6. Below
7. On or to the ground
8. Downstairs
9. Under the surface
10. From earlier to later times
11. To a further stage in a series
12. From greater to less (in size, grain, activity, intensity, etc)
13. To a standstill, exhaustion or conclusion
14. To a final state of defeat, subjection, silence, etc
15. In a fallen state
16. In adversity
17. At a disadvantage
18. Ill
19. Behindhand
20. In writing or record, in black and white
21. In flood
22. On the spot, immediately in cash
23. In readiness to pounce
24. In a state of alert awareness and understanding
25. In watchful opposition or hostility (with on, upon)
26. Broken, not operational (computing)

—Also used elliptically, passing into an interjection or verb by omission of go, come or put, etc, often followed by with

1. Going, reaching, directed towards or having a lower position or level
2. Depressed
3. Low
4. Broken, not operational (computing)

1. In a descent along, through or by
2. To or in a lower position on or in
3. Along in the direction of the current
4. Along

1. A descent
2. A low place
3. A reverse of fortune, a time of comparative bad luck
4. An act of throwing or putting down
5. A tendency to treat one harshly
6. A feeling of dislike
7. One of four consecutive periods of play, during which a team must score or advance the ball 10 yards in order to retain possession (American football)

1. To knock, throw, shoot or put down
2. To put down, overthrow
3. To depress
4. To swallow

1. Ordering (esp a dog) to go or stay down
2. (with with) expressing a wish for the downfall of someone or something

downˈer noun (slang)

1. A depressant drug
2. A state of depression
3. Any depressing experience, etc
4. A downward trend
5. A feeling of prejudice or dislike, antipathy

downˈward /-wərd/ or downˈwards /-wərdz/ adverb

1. From higher to lower
2. From source to outlet
3. From more ancient to modern
4. In the lower part

downˈward adjective

downˈwardly adverb

downˈwardness noun

1. A sinking tendency
2. A state of being low

downˈ-and-dirtˈy adjective (US informal)

1. Basic
2. Brutal

downˈ-and-outˈ adjective

1. At the end of one's resources
2. Destitute and rejected by, or rejecting, society

downˈ-and-outˈ noun

downˈ-and-outˈer noun

downˈ-at-heelˈ adjective

1. Having the back of the shoe trodden down
2. Generally shabby

downˈbeat noun

1. A downward movement of the conductor's baton
2. An accented beat

adjective (informal)

1. Relaxed, unworried
2. Unemphatic
3. Depressed
4. Gloomy
5. Depressing

downˈbow noun (music)

A movement of the bow over the strings beginning at the nut end

downˈburst same as microburst

downˈcast adjective

1. Dejected
2. Looking down

noun

1. A current of air into a mine
2. A shaft carrying it (downˈcast-shaftˈ)
3. A downward throw
4. A downthrow

downˈ-come noun

1. A fall, ruin
2. A heavy pour of rain

downˈ-draught noun

A current of air downwards

downˈ-eastˈer noun (US)

Someone living down east from the speaker, a New Englander, and esp an inhabitant of Maine

downˈfall noun

1. Fall, failure, humiliation, ruin
2. A heavy fall of rain

downˈfallen adjective

Ruined

downˈflow noun

1. A running or flowing down
2. Something that runs or flows down

downˈforce noun

Aerodynamically-caused downward force in a car, etc which eg improves its road holding

downˈ-going adjective

down-goˈing (or /downˈ/) noun

downˈgrade noun

A downward slope or course

adjective and adverb

Downhill

transitive verb

1. To reduce in status, etc
2. To belittle, underrate

downˈ-gyved adjective (Shakespeare)

Hanging down like fetters

downˈhaul noun

A rope by which a jib, etc is hauled down when set

downheartˈed adjective

Dejected

downˈhill adjective

Descending, sloping (also noun)

downhillˈ adverb

downˈhole adjective

1. Of the drills, measuring instruments, and equipment used down a borehole (mining)
2. Applied to equipment that is used within the well (oil)

downˈ-home adjective (US informal)

1. Characteristic of the Southern states of the USA
2. Characteristic of the country or country-dwellers
3. Homemade
4. Friendly

downˈlighter noun

A downward-directed light-fitting, attached to or recessed in the ceiling

downˈ-line noun

The line of a railway leading from the capital, or other important centre, to the provinces

downˈlink noun

A connection in a telecommunications system between a space vehicle or satellite and the earth (also transitive verb)

downloadˈ transitive verb and intransitive verb (computing)

1. To transfer (data or programs, esp on the Internet) from another computer to one's own
2. To broadcast programmes of material for specialist groups (eg doctors) outside normal broadcasting hours (often to be recorded on videotape for viewing later)

noun /downˈ/

1. An act or the process of downloading
2. Something downloaded

downloadˈable adjective

downˈlooked adjective (Dryden)

Downcast, gloomy

downˈ-lyˈing noun (dialect)

1. Time of retiring to rest
2. A woman's confinement during childbirth

downmarˈket adjective

Of (buying, selling or using) goods and services of relatively low price, quality or prestige (also adverb)

downˈmost adverb and adjective

Superlative of down

down payment noun

A deposit on an article, service, etc

downˈpipe noun

A drainpipe that takes rainwater from the gutter of a roof

downˈplay transitive verb

To play down

downˈpour noun

A heavy fall of rain, etc

downˈright adverb

1. In plain terms
2. Utterly

adjective

1. Plain-spoken
2. Brusque
3. Utter, out-and-out (as in downright madness)
4. Thorough
5. Perpendicular (obsolete)

downˈrightness noun

downrivˈer adverb

With the current

adjective

Further down the river

downˈrush noun

A rushing down (as of gas, hot air, etc)

downˈscale transitive verb and intransitive verb (US)

To reduce in scale

adjective

Downmarket

downˈ-settˈing noun

A setting down, a snub

downˈshift intransitive verb

1. To select a lower gear in a vehicle
2. To choose a less affluent lifestyle in order to enhance one's life in non-material ways, esp in having more leisure time

downˈshifter noun

downˈshifting noun

downˈside noun

1. The adverse or disadvantageous aspect of a situation (also adjective)
2. (the risk of) a drop in share prices (finance)

downˈ-sittˈing noun

1. Sitting down, time of rest (Psalm 139.2)
2. A sitting, session (Scot)
3. A settlement, establishment (esp by marriage; Scot)

downˈsize transitive verb

1. To reduce in size (esp a workforce by redundancy)
2. To design or make a smaller model of (a car, etc)

intransitive verb

To sell one's home and move to a smaller property

downˈsizer noun

downˈsizing noun

downˈspout noun (N American)

A downpipe, drainpipe

downˈstageˈ adverb

Towards the footlights (also adjective)

downˈstair or downˈstairs adjective

downstairsˈ adverb

1. In or towards a lower storey
2. Belowstairs, in the servants' quarters

noun

A lower storey, usu the ground floor

downˈstateˈ adjective and adverb (US)

In or to a southerly or rural part of a state

• bed-keys
• bedlam
• bedlamism
• bedlamisms
• bedlamite
• bedlamites
• bedlams
• bed linen
• bed linens
• Bedlington
• Bedlington terrier
• bedmaker
• bedmakers
• bed of down
• bed of honour
• bed of justice
• bed of nails
• bed of roses
• be done
• be done with
• Bedouin
• Bedouins
• black velvet
• black-visaged
• black vomit