DOWN
Scrabble letter values: D2O1W4N1 = 8
Definition
- adverb spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position. — synonyms: downwards, downward, downwardly
- adverb away from a more central or a more northerly place.
- adverb paid in cash at time of purchase.
- adverb from an earlier time.
- adverb to a lower intensity.
- adverb in an inactive or inoperative state.
- verb drink down entirely. — synonyms: toss_off, pop, bolt_down, belt_down, pour_down, drink_down, kill
- verb eat up completely, as with great appetite. — synonyms: devour, demolish, consume, go_through
- verb bring down or defeat (an opponent).
- verb shoot at and force to come down. — synonyms: shoot_down, land
- verb cause to come or go down. — synonyms: knock_down, cut_down, push_down, pull_down
- verb improve or perfect by pruning or polishing. — synonyms: polish, refine, fine-tune
- noun soft fine feathers. — synonyms: down_feather
- noun (American football) a complete play to advance the football.
- noun English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896). — synonyms: John_L._H._Down
- noun (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil.
- noun fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs). — synonyms: pile
- adjective being or moving lower in position or less in some value.
- adjective extending or moving from a higher to a lower place. — synonyms: down(a), downward(a)
- adjective becoming progressively lower. — synonyms: down(a)
- adjective being put out by a strikeout. — synonyms: down(p)
- adjective understood perfectly. — synonyms: down_pat(p), mastered
- adjective lower than previously. — synonyms: depressed, down(p)
- adjective shut.
- adjective not functioning (temporarily or permanently).
- adjective filled with melancholy and despondency. — synonyms: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted
Examples
- “don't fall down”
- “rode the lift up and skied down”
- “prices plunged downward”