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down1 prep, adv, adj, v

prep & adv
down the road to a lower level/position, to the ground, to the floor, to the bottom
ANTONYM up

down with
get rid of, away with

adj
1 sad, depressed, unhappy, melancholy, miserable, downhearted, dejected, downcast, dispirited, wretched, low colloq. blue, down in the dumps
2 the computer is down out of order, out of action, not working, crashed formal inoperative colloq. bust; slang conked out
ANTONYM 1 happy 2 operational

v
1 knock down, fell, floor, bring down, prostrate, throw, topple
2 swallow, consume, drink, gulp colloq. swig, put away, knock back, toss of, swill

down2
n
quilts made of down soft feathers, fine hair, wool, pile, shag, nap, fluff, floss, fuzz, floccus, flue, bloom technical pappus Related adjectives: pappose, pappous