• (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 Downs to gain 10 yards"
• soft fine feathers
• fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
• (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
• English physician who first described Down''s syndrome (1828-1896)
• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one''s style of writing"
• bring Down or defeat (an opponent)
• eat immoderately; "Some people can Down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
• drink Down entirely; "He Downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
• 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"
• shoot at and force to come Down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
• the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the Down payment"; "a payment of $200 Down"
• not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can''t work because the computer is Down"
• cut Down; "the tree is Down"
• shut; "the shades were Down"
• understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems Down"
• 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"
• 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"
• in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went Down during the strike"; "the computer went Down again"
• to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased Down the light until the stage was completely black"
• from an earlier time; "the story was passed Down from father to son"

'Down' in other languages