Quick definitions (down) noun:   (American football) a complete play to advance the football (Example: "You have 4 downs to gain 10 yards") noun:   soft fine feathers 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) noun:   (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil noun:   English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) verb:   bring down or defeat (an opponent) verb:   cause to come or go down (Example: "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect") verb:   shoot at and force to come down verb:   eat immoderately (Example: "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal") verb:   improve or perfect by pruning or polishing verb:   drink down entirely (Example: "He downed three martinis before dinner") adjective:   shut (Example: "The shades were down") adjective:   understood perfectly (Example: "Had his algebra problems down") adjective:   being or moving lower in position or less in some value (Example: "Lay face down") adjective:   the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase (Example: "The down payment") adjective:   not functioning (temporarily or permanently) (Example: "We can't work because the computer is down") adjective:   cut down (Example: "The tree is down") adverb:   spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position (Example: "Don't fall down") adverb:   away from a more central or a more northerly place (Example: "Was sent down to work at the regional office") adverb:   paid in cash at time of purchase (Example: "Put ten dollars down on the necklace") adverb:   in an inactive or inoperative state (Example: "The factory went down during the strike") adverb:   to a lower intensity (Example: "He slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black") adverb:   from an earlier time (Example: "The story was passed down from father to son") name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #20938)