Definition of down

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Down (adv.) In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet..

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Rammer :: Rammer (n.) A rod for forcing down the charge of a gun; a ramro.
Decumbent :: Decumbent (a.) Lying down; prostrate; recumbent.
Couching :: Couching (n.) The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract.
Drop :: Drop (n.) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself..
Avalanche :: Avalanche (n.) A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
Ram :: Ram (n.) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak..
Rain :: Rain (v. t.) To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds..
Flossy :: Flossy (a.) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, floss; hence, light; downy..
Eider :: Eider (n.) Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called also eider duck. The American eider (S. Dresseri), the king eider (S. spectabilis), and the spectacled eider (Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species..
Descent :: Descent (n.) Lowest place; extreme downward place.
Peg :: Peg (n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase To take one down peg..
Downwards :: Downwards (adv.) From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards..
Declination :: Declination (n.) The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree..
Minute :: Minute (p. pr. & vb. n.) To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
Flue :: Flue (n.) Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair..
Forelay :: Forelay (v. t.) To lay down beforehand.
Nod :: Nod (n.) A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command..
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..
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