Definition of DOWN

down

Meanings

  • soft fine feathers
  • (American football) a complete play to advance the football
    • "you have four downs to gain ten yards"
  • English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
  • (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
  • fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
  • drink down entirely
    • "He downed three martinis before dinner"
  • eat immoderately
    • "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
  • bring down or defeat (an opponent)
  • shoot at and force to come down
  • cause to come or go down
    • "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"
    • "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
  • improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
  • being or moving lower in position or less in some value
    • "lay face down"
    • "the moon is down"
    • "our team is down by a run"
    • "down by a pawn"
    • "the stock market is down today"
  • extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
    • "the down staircase"
    • "the downward course of the stream"
  • becoming progressively lower
    • "the down trend in the real estate market"
  • being put out by a strikeout
    • "two down in the bottom of the ninth"
  • understood perfectly
    • "had his algebra problems down"
  • lower than previously
    • "prices are down"
  • shut
    • "the shades were down"
  • not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
    • "we can't work because the computer is down"
  • filled with melancholy and despondency
    • "downcast after his defeat"
    • "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
  • spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
    • "don't fall down"
    • "rode the lift up and skied down"
    • "prices plunged downward"
  • away from a more central or a more northerly place
    • "was sent down to work at the regional office"
    • "worked down on the farm"
    • "came down for the wedding"
    • "flew down to Florida"
  • paid in cash at time of purchase
    • "put ten dollars down on the necklace"
  • from an earlier time
    • "the story was passed down from father to son"
  • to a lower intensity
    • "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
  • in an inactive or inoperative state
    • "the factory went down during the strike"
    • "the computer went down again"

Scrabble Score: 8

down is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
down is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
down is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

down is a valid Words With Friends word