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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Quell :: Quell (v. t.) To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..
Nodding :: Nodding (a.) Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.
Outlook :: Outlook (v. t.) To face down; to outstare.
Couching :: Couching (n.) The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract.
Dipping :: Dipping (n.) The act of inclining downward.
Affrap :: Affrap (v. t. & i.) To strike, or strike down..
Battering-ram :: Battering-ram (n.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.
Cottony :: Cottony (a.) Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree..
Float :: Float (v. i.) A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft..
Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building..
Capellet :: Capellet (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down..
Wrestle :: Wrestle (v. t.) To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully..
Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.
Glissade :: Glissade (n.) A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps..
Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. i.) To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down..
Shakedown :: Shakedown (n.) A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose..
State :: State (v. t.) To express the particulars of; to set down in detail or in gross; to represent fully in words; to narrate; to recite; as, to state the facts of a case, one's opinion, etc..
Joseph :: "Joseph (n.) An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front..
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