Down
English word definition — powered by WordNet
NOUN
soft fine feathers
(American football) a complete play to advance the football
English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
VERB
eat up completely, as with great appetite
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
shoot at and force to come down
cause to come or go down
ADJ
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
becoming progressively lower
being put out by a strikeout
understood perfectly
shut
not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
filled with melancholy and despondency
ADV
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
away from a more central or a more northerly place
paid in cash at time of purchase
from an earlier time
to a lower intensity
in an inactive or inoperative state
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