| noun | soft fine feathers |
| noun | (American football) a complete play to advance the football “you have four downs to gain ten yards” |
| noun | English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) |
| noun | (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil |
| noun | fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) |
| verb | drink down entirely “He downed three martinis before dinner” |
| verb | eat immoderately “Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal” |
| verb | bring down or defeat (an opponent) |
| verb | shoot at and force to come down “the enemy landed several of our aircraft” |
| verb | cause to come or go down “The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect” |
| verb | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing “refine one's style of writing” |
| adjective | being or moving lower in position or less in some value “lay face down” |
| adjective | extending or moving from a higher to a lower place “the down staircase” |
| adjective | becoming progressively lower “the down trend in the real estate market” |
| adjective | being put out by a strikeout “two down in the bottom of the ninth” |
| adjective | understood perfectly “had his algebra problems down” |
| adjective | lower than previously “the market is depressed” |
| adjective | shut “the shades were down” |
| adjective | not functioning (temporarily or permanently) “we can't work because the computer is down” |
| adjective | filled with melancholy and despondency “gloomy at the thought of what he had to face” |
| adverb | spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position “don't fall down” |
| adverb | away from a more central or a more northerly place “was sent down to work at the regional office” |
| adverb | paid in cash at time of purchase “put ten dollars down on the necklace” |
| adverb | from an earlier time “the story was passed down from father to son” |
| adverb | to a lower intensity “he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black” |
| adverb | in an inactive or inoperative state “the factory went down during the strike” |
| downy | adjective | like down or as soft as down |
| pilary | adjective | covered with hairs especially fine soft ones |
| pilous | adjective | covered with hairs especially fine soft ones |
| devourer | noun | someone who eats greedily or voraciously |
| land | noun | the solid part of the earth's surface |
| downer | noun | a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person |
| polish | noun | a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; ; ; --Joseph Conrad |
| refinement | noun | a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; ; ; --Joseph Conrad |
| refiner | noun | one whose work is to refine a specific thing |
| gloominess | noun | a feeling of melancholy apprehension |
| dispiritedness | noun | a feeling of low spirits |
| downheartedness | noun | a feeling of low spirits |
| lowness | noun | a feeling of low spirits |
| low-spiritedness | noun | a feeling of low spirits |