adj.
1.being or moving lower in position or less in some value
2.becoming progressively lower
3.understood perfectly
4.extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
5.out
6.lower than previously
7.shut
8.cut down
9.not functioning (temporarily or permanently) 10.low in spirits 11.the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase down adv.
1.spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
2.away from a more central or a more northerly place
3.paid in cash at time of purchase
4.from an earlier time
5.to a lower intensity
6.in an inactive or inoperative state down n.
1.soft fine feathers
2.(American football) a complete play to advance the football
3.English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
4.(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
5.fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) down v.
1.drink down entirely
2.eat immoderately
3.bring down or defeat (an opponent)
4.shoot at and force to come down
5.cause to come or go down
6.improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
Idiom of the Day
bone of contention
a reason for a quarrel, the subject of a fight
The family cottage was a major bone of contention after the father died.
