Meaning of down | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Down, below, downstairs.
2. From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
   comparable, not-comparable, usually
3. To go or come down; descend.
4. To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
   not-comparable, usually
5. Informal Hostile or negative toward; ill-disposed to: was down on jogging after his injury.
   Informal
6. At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
   comparable, not-comparable, usually
7. Afflicted by misfortune.
8. To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
   not-comparable, usually
9. Away from the city (regardless of direction).
   not-comparable, usually
10. a county in SW Northern Ireland. 311,876; 952 sq. mi. (2466 sq. km).
11. At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
    not-comparable, usually
12. Fine, fluffy feathers that cover a young bird and underlie the outer feathers of certain adult birds. Down feathers are fluffy because they do not have interlocking barbules like adult outer feathers.
13. Forward, straight ahead.
    not-comparable, usually
14. Any of four attempts by the offense (three in Canadian football) to advance the ball at least 10 yards by passing or running.
15. In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
    not-comparable, usually
16. A sudden drop to a lower condition or status:comedown, descent, downfall, downgrade.
17. Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
    UK, dated, not-comparable, usually
18. to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp. He downed a pint of beer. afsluk يُنْهي بِسُرْعَه، يَزْدَرِد изпивам emborcar hodit do sebe hinunterkippen sluge κατεβάζω, πίνω με μια γουλιά tragarse rápidamente alla kulistama سر کشیدن؛ خوردن kumota s'envoyer לִגמוֹעַ बहुत तेजी से कोई तरल पीना ispiti jako brzo lehajt menenggak hvolfa í sig mandar giù 飲み下す (술을) 빨리 비우다 išmesti, išlenkti ātri izdzert menenggak achteroverslaanhelle i segopróżnić, wychylić څكل، چښل: مشروب emborcar a da pe...
    especially
19. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
    not-comparable, usually
20. leading, moving etc down. a downward curve. afwaarts نَحْوَ الأسْفَل надолу descendente klesající sich neigend nedadgående; nedadrettet καθοδικός descendente langev فروسوی alaspäin viettävä descendant כְּלָפֵי מָטָה नीचे की दिशा में जाती कोई चीज koji ide prema dolje lefelé irányuló menurun niður-, niður á við in discesa, verso il basso 下方への 아래쪽의 einantis/krintantis žemyn lejupejošs menurun neerwaarts som skrår nedover, skrånende idący w dół کښټه خوا descendente descendent спускающийся klesajú...
    etc
21. Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
    not-comparable, usually
22. towards a lower position or state. The path led downward (s) towards the sea. afwaarts من أعْلى إلى أسْفَل надолу para baixo dolů abwärts nedad προς τα κάτω hacia abajo alla(poole) به سوی پایین alaspäin vers le bas כְּלָפֵי מָטָה निम्न तल या स्थिति की तरफ prema nižem položaju lefelé ke bawah niður, niður á við verso il basso 下方へ 아래쪽으로 향하는 žemyn lejup; uz leju menuruni naar benedennedover w dół كوزې خواته، كښتې خواته، ځوړې خواته، مخ په ځوړ para baixo în jos вниз dolu navzdol silazni nedåt ลดต่...
23. So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
    not-comparable, usually
24. So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
    not-comparable, usually
25. From less to greater detail.
    not-comparable, usually
26. From a remoter or higher antiquity.
    not-comparable, usually
27. Into a state of non-operation.
    not-comparable, usually
28. So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
    not-comparable, usually
29. On paper (or in a durable record).
    not-comparable, usually
30. So as to be cowed into silence.
    not-comparable, usually
31. As a down payment.
    not-comparable, usually
32. In a downwards direction; vertically.
    not-comparable, usually
33. Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
    not-comparable, usually
34. Get down.
    imperative, not-comparable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“The cat jumped down from the table.”

“She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.”

“To her humiliation Jessamy found there were tears trickling down her cheeks.”

“Through the open front door ran Jessamy, down the steps to where Kitto was sitting at the bottom with the pram beside him.”

“Go down to the bottom of the page.”

“As I lay on my back, a pain shot down from my neck to my waist.”

“His place is farther down the road.”

“The company was well down the path to bankruptcy.”

“It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.”

“I went down to Miami for a conference.”

“He went down to Cavan.”

“down on the farm”

“down to the country”

“1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 12, But then my Servant who I had intended to take down with me [i.e. from London to Bedfordshire], deceiv’d me;”

“She lives down by the park.”

“At the first intersection turn left and walk down, then turn right.”

“He's gone back down to Newcastle for Christmas.”

“Smith was sent down to the minors to work on his batting.”

“After the incident, Kelly went down to Second Lieutenant.”

“The charity match, played Sunday afternoon at Cirencester Park Polo Club in Gloucestershire, reached a dramatic climax when Prince Harry tore down the pitch but failed to score what was described as an “open goal”.”

“By moving further down the pitch, the batsman lengthens the distance between the ball and the stumps.”

“You need to tone down the rhetoric.”

“Please turn the music down!”

“Trim the stick down to a length of about twelve inches.”

“Thanks to my strict diet, I've slimmed down to eleven stone.”

“Boil the mixture down to a syrupy consistency.”

“ſtew it gently till quite tender, then take it up and boil down the gravy in the pan to a quart”

“At that point I perhaps should have gone back through the interview and changed what I said — slightly re-worded it to better reflect my feelings about the two resolutions. But I did not think to do that. I was caught up in the crunch of trying to get it all ready for publication, and edit it down, not add more explanations to it.”

“This spreadsheet lets you drill down to daily or even hourly sales figures.”

“Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.”

“These traditions have been handed down over generations.”

“Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation.”

“The computer has been shut down.”

“They closed the shop down.”

“We need to nail down this carpet so people don't keep tripping over it.”

“You need to write down what happened while it's still fresh in your mind.”

“The speaker was heckled and shouted down.”

“The comedy club's audience was known for hooting down timid performers.”

“We put £100 down on a new sofa.”

“You can have it, no money down.”

“I'm stuck on 11 down.”

“He closed operations. / He closed down operations.”

“He chased answers. / He chased down answers.”

“Down, boy! (such as to direct a dog to stand on four legs from two, or to sit from standing on four legs.)”

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