Word: down Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English doun, doune (“down”), from Old English dūne (“down”), aphetic form of adūne (“down, downward”), from earlier ofdūne (“down”, literally “off the hill”), from of (“of, off of”) + dūn (“hill, mount, dune, down”). More at Etymology 2 below. For the development from directional phrases to prepositions, compare Old Frisian dene (“down”, adverb, literally “(to the) floor”), Middle Low German dāle (“down, downwards”, literally “(in/to the) dale/valley”), whence German Low German dal (“down”). Compare also Saterland Frisian deel (“down”, literally “to/into the dale”), West Frisian del (“down”). Cognate with Scots doon (“down”). Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊ̯n/, /ˈdʌʊ̯n/, [dəu̯n], /ˈdæʊ̯n/, /ˈdaːn/ 1. Facing downwards. Example: Turn the cloth over so that the patterned side is down. Example: You win a dollar if the down side of the card is different to the up side; otherwise, you lose a dollar. 2. At a lower level than before. Example: The stock market is down. Example: Prices are down. 3. Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low. Labels: informal Example: Mary seems very down since she split up with her boyfriend. Example: Been down so long it seems like up to me 4. Sick, wounded, or damaged: Example: He is down with the flu. 5. Sick, wounded, or damaged: Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: We have an officer down outside the suspect's house. Example: There are three soldiers down and one walking wounded. 6. Sick, wounded, or damaged: Example: a down cow 7. Sick, wounded, or damaged: Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: We have a chopper down near the river. 8. Sick, wounded, or damaged: Labels: not-comparable Example: The system is down. 9. In prison. Labels: slang Example: I'm a TS who has been down for over 5 years and will be going up for parole in the next 1 to 3 years. 10. Having a lower score than an opponent. Example: They are down by 3–0 with just 5 minutes to play. Example: He was down by a bishop and a pawn after 15 moves. 11. Out. Labels: colloquial Example: Two down and one to go in the bottom of the ninth. 12. Negative about; hostile to. Labels: colloquial Example: She's been down on clams since a bad case of food poisoning; she's lost her appetite for them. Example: The prisoners here are down on gays (they bring the outside in here with them when they come in). I sometimes think they hate us because they fear to be us. 13. Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with]. Labels: Canada, US, slang Example: Near-synonyms: feel like, would like, fancy Example: He's chill enough; he'd probably be totally down with it. 14. Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community. Labels: slang Example: What you mean, 'No'? Man, I thought you was down. Example: my homies is down so don't arouse my anger 15. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining). Example: Two down and three to go. Example: Ten minutes down and nothing's happened yet. 16. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.) Example: It's two weeks until opening night and our lines are still not down yet. Example: I stay with Chloe the longest. When she's not hanging out at the beach parties, she lives in a Japanese garden complete with an arched bridge spanning a pond filled with koi of varying sizes and shapes. Reeds shoot out of the water, rustling when the fish swim through them, and river-washed stones are sprinkled in a bed of sand. Chloe has this whole new Japanese thing down. 17. Downright; absolute; positive. Labels: obsolete Example: This, he muſt give me leave to tell him, is an abſolute, right down—falſehood. 18. Fallen or felled. Example: Left again at 1.05 p.m., and for two miles it was over rolling county with easy grades, but a good deal of down timber. Example: The mere fact that there are quantities of trees near by with "loads” of down wood, does not signify that it is desirable camp fuel. 19. Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero. Example: The down train leaves at 10:05.