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Definition of down

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Down (adv.) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion..

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Positive :: Positive (a.) Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed; -- opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or promise..

Demolition :: Demolition (n.) The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes..

Submit :: Submit (v. t.) To let down; to lower.

Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants..

Bequeath :: Bequeath (v. t.) To hand down; to transmit.

Dejection :: Dejection (n.) A casting down; depression.

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc..

Floor :: Floor (v. t.) To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent..

Flamingo :: Flamingo (n.) Any bird of the genus Phoenicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) On the back, or with the back downward..

Piliform :: Piliform (a.) Resembling hairs or down.

Peg :: Peg (n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase To take one down peg..

Mown :: Mown (p. p. & a.) Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by mowing; as, a mown field..

Swans-down :: Swan's-down (n.) Alt. of Swans-dow.

Subdued :: Subdue (v. t.) To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors..

Campylotropous :: Campylotropous (a.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together..

Singe :: Singe (v. t.) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.

Deflexed :: Deflexed (a.) Bent abruptly downward.

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue..

Downed :: Downed (imp. & p. p.) of Dow.