Down (n.) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle.
Down (n.) The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
Down (n.) That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down
Down (v. t.) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
Down (prep.) A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; -- usually in the plural.
Down (prep.) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; -- usually in the plural.
Down (prep.) A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.
Down (prep.) A state of depression; low state; abasement.
Down (adv.) In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up.
Down (adv.) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion.
Down (adv.) In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet.
Down (adv.) From a remoter or higher antiquity.
Down (adv.) From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions.
Down (adv.) In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well.
Down (adv.) Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound.
Downed (imp. & p. p.) of Down
Downing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Down
Down (v. t.) To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.
Down (v. i.) To go down; to descend.
Down (a.) Downcast; as, a down look.
Down (a.) Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial.
Down (a.) Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.
Downbear (v. t.) To bear down; to depress.
Downcast (a.) Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.
Downcast (n.) Downcast or melancholy look.
Downcast (n.) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
Downcome (n.) Sudden fall; downfall; overthrow.
Downcome (n.) A pipe for leading combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
Downfall (n.) A sudden fall; a body of things falling.
Downfall (n.) A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin.
Downfallen (a.) Fallen; ruined.
Downfalling (a.) Falling down.
Downgyved (a.) Hanging down like gyves or fetters.
Downhaul (n.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul.
Downhearted (a.) Dejected; low-spirited.
Downhill (adv.) Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.
Downhill (a.) Declivous; descending; sloping.
Downhill (n.) Declivity; descent; slope.
Downiness (n.) The quality or state of being downy.
Downlooked (a.) Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen.
Downlying (n.) The time of retiring to rest; time of repose.
Downpour (n.) A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.
Downright (adv.) Straight down; perpendicularly.
Downright (adv.) In plain terms; without ceremony.
Downright (adv.) Without delay; at once; completely.
Downright (a.) Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way.
Downright (a.) Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.
Down-share (n.) A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs.
Downsitting (n.) The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.
Downstairs (adv.) Down the stairs; to a lower floor.
Downstairs (a.) Below stairs; as, a downstairs room.
Downsteepy (a.) Very steep.
Downstream (adv.) Down the stream; as, floating downstream.
Downstroke (n.) A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.
Downthrow (n.) The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n.
Downtrod (a.) Alt. of Downtrodden
Downtrodden (a.) Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power.
Downward (adv.) Alt. of Downwards
Downwards (adv.) From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.
Downwards (adv.) From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.
Downwards (adv.) From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.
Downward (a.) Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.
Downward (a.) Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.
Downward (a.) Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts.
Downweed (n.) Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium.
Downweigh (v. t.) To weigh or press down.
Downy (a.) Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs.
Downy (a.) Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet.
Downy (a.) Cunning; wary.
Dowral (a.) Of or relating to a dower.
Dowress (n.) A woman entitled to dower.
Dowries (pl. ) of Dowry
Dowry (n.) A gift; endowment.
Dowry (n.) The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower.
Dowry (n.) A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower.
Dowse (v. t.) To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
Dowse (v. t.) To beat or thrash.
Dowse (v. i.) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
Dowse (n.) A blow on the face.
Dowser (n.) A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod.
Dowser (n.) One who uses the dowser or divining rod.
Dowst (n.) A dowse.
Dowve (n.) A dove.
Doxological (a.) Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God.
Doxologized (imp. & p. p.) of Doxologize
Doxologizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Doxologize
Doxologize (v. i.) To give glory to God, as in a doxology; to praise God with doxologies.
Doxologies (pl. ) of Doxology
Doxology (n.) In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by the choir or the congregation.
Doxies (pl. ) of Doxy
Doxy (n.) A loose wench; a disreputable sweetheart.
Doyly (n.) See Doily.
Dozed (imp. & p. p.) of Doze
Dozing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Doze
Doze (v. i.) To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.
Doze (v. t.) To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's time.
Doze (v. t.) To make dull; to stupefy.
Doze (n.) A light sleep; a drowse.
Dozen (pl. ) of Dozen
Dozens (pl. ) of Dozen