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"
strike cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc"
submarine attack by submarine; "The Germans submarined the Allies"
down -
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
get the better of,
defeat,
overcome win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
athletics,
sport participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity
down -
shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
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"
low literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"
behind having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing"
downbound heading in any direction that is conventionally down; "a downbound channel"; "the downbound train"
down -
becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market"
Adverb
down -
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"
upwardly,
upward,
upwards,
up spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"
down -
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"
down -
to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"
down -
paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on the necklace"
down -
in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again"
down -
from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son"