Definition of down

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Down (prep.) A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war..

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Proneness :: Proneness (n.) The state of lying with the face down; -- opposed to supineness.
Decurrent :: Decurrent (a.) Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem.
Depress :: Depress (v. t.) To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride..
Fecula :: Fecula (n.) Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence..
Downward :: Downward (adv.) Alt. of Downward.
Bluff-headed :: Bluff-headed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.
Diminish :: Diminish (v. t.) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
Dejection :: Dejection (n.) A casting down; depression.
Margent :: Margent (v. t.) To enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to margin.
Calade :: Calade (n.) A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches..
Retrench :: Retrench (v. i.) To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed..
Descent :: Descent (n.) Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc..
Obconical :: Obconical (a.) Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical..
Swag :: Swag (v. i.) To sink down by its weight; to sag.
Decumbency :: Decumbency (n.) The act or posture of lying down.
Recurve :: Recurve (v. t.) To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
Mangrove :: Mangrove (n.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly..
Mollipilose :: Mollipilose (a.) Having soft hairs; downy.
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