down
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- depressed, dejected, disheartened, downcast, low, miserable, sad, unhappy
[verb]
Synonyms:
- swallow, drain, drink (down), gulp, put away, toss off
[noun]
Synonyms:
- have a down on: be antagonistic or hostile to, bear a grudge towards, be prejudiced against, be set against, have it in for (slang)

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Antonyms: up
Contrasted words: aloft, upward, upwardly, upwards
Related Idioms: from top to bottom
Related Words: below, earthward, groundward, downgrade, downhill, downslope

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English Thesaurus: broken, out of order, down, go down, on the blink, ...

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Down, County
a former county in southeast Northern Ireland, next to the Irish Sea. In 1973 County Down was divided into seven local government districts (=areas of a country that have official borders).

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I. down¹ S1 W1 /daʊn/ adverb, preposition, adjective

1. TO A LOWER POSITION to or towards a lower place or position Antonym : up:
David bent down to tie his shoelace.
Get down off the table.
Tears were streaming down my face.
The sun was going down and it would soon be dark.
They came running down the stairs.
She stood on a balcony looking down into the courtyard.
Glancing down the list of runners, I noticed a familiar name.
Her hair came down to her waist.
Ken fell asleep face down (=with his face towards the ground) on the couch.

2. IN A LOWER PLACE in a lower place or position Antonym : up:
We heard the sound of laughter down below.
The bathroom is down those stairs.
Halfway down the page, there was the item I was looking for.

3. TO LIE/SIT into a sitting or lying position:
Please sit down.
I think I’ll go and lie down for a while.

4. ALONG at or to a place that is further along something such as a road or path:
A young man came hurrying down the street.
She looked down the road to see if anyone was coming.
There is a pleasant little cafe bar a hundred yards down the road.
The bus stop is a bit further down on the left-hand side.

5. SOUTH in or towards the south Antonym : up:
They drove all the way down from Boston to Miami.
They sailed down the east coast of Africa.
Now he’s bought a villa down south.
a trip down Mexico way

6. SOMEWHERE LOCAL at or to a place that is not far away:
She’s just gone down to the shops.
I saw her down at the station this morning.

7. RIVER away from the place where a river starts Antonym : up:
Chunks of ice came floating down the river.

8. FASTENED TO A SURFACE used with verbs that mean ‘fasten’ to show that something is fastened firmly to the surface or object below it:
The coffin lid had been nailed down.

9. LESS at or towards a level or amount that is less Antonym : up:
Keep your speed down.
House prices have come down in recent months.
Turn the radio down.
down to
Sharif cut his report down to only three pages.

10. LOSING losing to an opponent by a certain number of points
two goals down/three points down etc
Swindon were six points down at one stage.

11. WRITTEN used with verbs that mean ‘write’ to show that you write something on paper or in a book:
I’ll write down the address for you.
Start by jotting down a few ideas.
Let’s put you down as self-employed.

12. ON A LIST if you are down for something, your name is on a list of people who want to do something or are intended to do something
down for
Purvis is down for the 200 metre freestyle event.
We’ve already put his name down for nursery school.
down to do something
I’ve got you down to do the table decorations.

13. TO LATER TIMES from an earlier time in history to a later time or to people who are born in later times:
a person whose words and actions have inspired millions of people down the centuries
This knowledge was handed down in the family from father to son.
The story has been passed down the generations for a thousand years.
down to
traditions that have come down to us from medieval times

14. PAID IMMEDIATELY paid to someone immediately:
A top quality freezer for only £20 down and £5 a week for a year.

15. EVERY PART from top to bottom:
I want you to wash my car down.

16. SWALLOWED in or into your stomach as a result of swallowing:
Meg’s been very ill and can’t keep her food down.
He gulped down the coffee.

17. SAD unhappy or sad:
Tim’s been feeling down.

18. COMPUTER if a computer is down, it is not working Antonym : up

19. be down to somebody if an action or decision is down to you, it is your responsibility:
It’s down to me to make sure that everyone is happy. ⇒ be up to somebody at up¹(19b)

20. be down to somebody/something to be the result of one person’s actions or one particular thing:
Chris’s success is all down to him.

21. be down to your last pound/dollar/litre etc to be left with only a small amount of something:
We’re down to our last five dollars.

22. down to something/somebody including everything or everyone, even the smallest thing or the least important person:
Everyone uses the cafeteria, from the managing director down to the office boy.
The plans were all complete down to the last detail.

23. be/go down with something to have a particular illness:
Jane’s gone down with flu.

24. Down with somebody/something spoken used to say that you strongly oppose a government, leader etc and want them to lose their power:
Down with the government!

25. be down on somebody/something informal to have a severe attitude towards someone or something, especially when this is unfair:
Why is Mark so down on her at the moment?

26. LEAVING UNIVERSITY British English used to say that someone leaves or has left a university at the end of a period of study
down from
Sarah came down from Oxford in 1966.

27. COMPLETED already done or completed:
Well, you’ve passed your second test, so it’s two down and four more to go.

28. down under informal in or to Australia or New Zealand

29. Down! spoken used to tell a jumping dog to get down

30. be down with somebody spoken informal to be friends with someone
⇒ be down on your luck at luck¹(17)

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II. down² verb [transitive]
[Sense 1-2: Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old Norse; Origin: dúnn]
[Sense 3, 5: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: ⇒ down²]
[Sense 4: Language: Old English; Origin: dun 'hill']

1. to drink or eat something quickly:
He downed the coffee in one gulp.

2. to knock or force someone to the ground:
O'Malley downed his opponent in the first round.

3. down tools British English to stop working, especially because you are taking part in a strike (=protest about pay or conditions by stopping work)

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III. down³ noun

1. [uncountable] soft hair like a baby’s

2. [uncountable] the soft fine feathers of a bird

3. [countable] one of the four chances that an American football team has to move forward when it is their turn to have the ball

4. the downs low round hills covered with grass, as in the south of England

5. have a down on somebody British English informal to dislike or have a bad opinion of someone:
For some reason, Malcolm had a down on the whole teaching profession.
⇒ ups and downs at up²(1)

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down- /daʊn/ prefix

1. at or towards the bottom or end of something ⇒ up-:
downstairs
downriver (=nearer to where it goes into the sea)

2. used to show that something is being made smaller or less important Antonym : up-:
to downgrade a job (=make it less important)
to downsize a company (=reduce the number of jobs in it)

3. used to show that something is bad or negative Antonym : up-:
the downside of a situation (=the negative part of it)
down-market products (=low quality products)

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broken something that is broken has become separated into pieces, for example by being hit or dropped:
The floor was covered in broken glass.
This suitcase is no good – the handle’s broken.
The birds had gotten into the cabin through a broken window.
In the corner of the room were a broken chair and a rickety old desk.
out of order [not before noun] if a machine, especially one used by the public, is out of order, it is not working for a temporary period:
Every phone I tried was out of order.
The toilets were all out of order.
down [not before noun] if a computer system is down, it is not working:
The computer system was down all afternoon, so we went home.
⇒ go down (=stop working):
The network went down at 11:00 and we lost the whole morning’s work.
on the blink (also on the fritz American English) [not before noun] informal if a piece of electrical equipment is on the blink, it sometimes works and sometimes does not:
My TV’s on the blink again.
⇒ go on the blink/fritz:
The car’s air conditioning went on the fritz just as we reached Dallas.
there’s something wrong with something used when saying that a car, machine etc does not work properly and you do not know why:
There’s something wrong with my car; I think it might be the battery.
There was something wrong with the photocopier, so we called in the service company.
⇒ have something wrong with it:
If the VCR has something wrong with it, take it back to the store.
something has had it informal used when saying that a car, machine etc is completely broken and cannot be repaired:
I’m afraid the bike’s had it.

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sad not happy:
She felt sad as she waved goodbye.
a sad and lonely figure
a sad face
a sad film
unhappy sad, especially for a long time – used about people and periods of time:
I was unhappy at school.
an unhappy childhood
He’s obviously a deeply unhappy person.
homesick [not before noun] sad because you are away from your home, family, and friends:
She sometimes felt homesick when she first arrived in Japan.
down [not before noun] informal feeling sad for a few hours or days, often for no reason:
Whenever I’m feeling down, I go out and buy myself some new clothes.
She’s been kind of down since that argument with Jack.
gloomy looking or sounding sad and without hope – used about people, places, and weather:
Why are you all looking so gloomy?
the gloomy immigration office
a gloomy afternoon in February
dejected/downcast looking sad and disappointed because something you hoped for did not happen:
‘I didn’t pass,’ he said, looking dejected.
a downcast expression
He was understandably downcast after the team’s loss.
mournful especially literary looking or sounding sad:
the dog’s big mournful eyes
the mournful sound of the church bell
a mournful expression
glum looking sad and disappointed:
Don’t look so glum! Maybe you’ll win next time.
They sat in glum silence.
wistful especially literary looking a little sad and thoughtful, because you wish that the situation was different:
She looked at him with a wistful smile.
miserable very sad, especially because you are lonely, cold, ill, or upset – used about people and periods of time:
I felt miserable and blamed myself for what had happened.
Her life was miserable.
I had a miserable time at college.
depressed very sad and without hope for a long time, because things are wrong in your life or because of a medical condition:
After his wife left him, he became depressed and refused to talk to anyone.
heartbroken extremely sad because of something that has happened to someone or something that you care about very much:
She was heartbroken when her dog died.
distressed/distraught very upset because of something bad that has happened, so that you cannot think clearly:
She was very distressed when he left her.
The boy’s hospital bed was surrounded by distraught relatives.
devastated [not before noun] extremely sad and shocked, because something very bad has happened:
The whole town was devastated by the tragedy.

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down
at-heel|down-at-the-heel|down-at-the-heels adj. Poorly kept up or dressed shabby; not neat; sloppy.
John is always down-at-the-heels, but his sister is always very neat.
Old houses sometimes look down-at-the-heel.

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