Definition of downward

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Downward (a.) Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts..

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Flatwise :: Flatwise (a. / adv.) With the flat side downward, or next to another object; not edgewise..
Downward :: Downward (a.) Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts..
Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall..
Flatlong :: Flatlong (adv.) With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
Subside :: Subside (v. i.) To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
Reclinate :: Reclinate (a.) Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base..
Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.
Degree :: Degree (n.) One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To lean or incline; to incline downward.
Deep :: Deep (superl.) Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea..
Deflected :: Deflected (a.) Bent downward; deflexed.
Chimney :: Chimney (n.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein..
Proneness :: Proneness (n.) The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man..
Descent :: Descent (n.) The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower..
Sheth :: Sheth (n.) The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called standard, or post..
Cata :: Cata () The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic..
Downward :: Downward (a.) Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent..
Downstroke :: Downstroke (n.) A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.
Deflux :: Deflux (n.) Downward flow.
Belly :: Belly (n.) That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen..
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