(American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards";
soft fine feathers;
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs);
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil;
English physician who first described Down''s syndrome (1828-1896);
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one''s style of writing";
bring down or defeat (an opponent);
eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal";
drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work";
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";
shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft";
the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase; "the down payment"; "a payment of $200 down";
not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can''t work because the computer is down";
cut down; "the tree is down";
shut; "the shades were down";
understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems 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";
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";
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";
paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on the necklace";
in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again";
to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black";
from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son";
