Down

/ˈdaʊ̯n/ · adverb

Meaning

(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards..

Definitions by Sense

1. (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
2. To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
3. (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
4. To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
5. Away from the city (regardless of direction).
6. 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.
7. Forward, straight ahead.
8. (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

Example Sentences

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.

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Antonyms for down

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Word Forms

• further down
• farther down
• furthest down
• farthest down
• doon
• more down
• most down
• downs
• downing
• downed

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