DOWNWARD vs DOWN: NOUN
- N/A
- A soft, silky, or feathery substance, such as the first growth of a human beard.
- A covering of soft, short hairs, as on some leaves or fruit.
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
- 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)
- Fine, soft, fluffy feathers forming the first plumage of a young bird and underlying the contour feathers in certain adult birds.
DOWNWARD vs DOWN: ADJECTIVE
- On or toward a surface regarded as a base
- Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- Moving or sloping down
- Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected.
- Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.
- Directed toward a lower place or position.
- Cut down
- Shut
- Understood perfectly
- Being or moving lower in position or less in some value
- The fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase
- Moving or directed downward.
- Low or lower.
- Reduced; diminished.
- Trailing an opponent.
- Afflicted; sick.
- Malfunctioning or not operating, especially temporarily.
- Low in spirits; depressed.
- Not in play and at the place where offensive forward progress has stopped.
- Not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- Not permitted to advance further in the play because forward progress has stopped, especially by being tackled. Used of a ball carrier.
- Retired; out.
- Learned or known perfectly.
- Completed; done.
DOWNWARD vs DOWN: VERB
- N/A
- Drink down entirely
- Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- Eat immoderately
- Shoot at and force to come down
- Cause to come or go down
- Bring down or defeat (an opponent)
DOWNWARD vs DOWN: ADVERB
- Toward a lower level, either in space or in a hierarchy or an amount
- From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.
- From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.
- Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- Toward a lower position in a hierarchy or on a socioeconomic scale.
- Toward the feet or lower parts.
- From a prior source or earlier time.
- Toward a lower amount, degree, or rank.
- From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course.
- In, to, or toward a lower place, level, or position.
- Away from a more central or a more northerly place
- In an inactive or inoperative state
- To a lower intensity
- From an earlier time
- Paid in cash at time of purchase
- Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- In or into an inactive or inoperative state.
- To or in a quiescent or subdued state.
- To or in a reduced or concentrated form.
- To or at a lower intensity or amount.
- From earlier times or people.
- Toward or at a low or lower point on a scale.
- To a specific location or source.
- Away from a place considered central or a center of activity, such as a city or town.
- Toward or in the south; southward.
- Into or toward a secure position.
- In partial payment at the time of purchase.
- In writing or a record.
- In or into one's stomach.
- In or into a sitting, kneeling, or reclining position.
- Downstairs.
- To or into a lower or inferior condition, as of subjection, defeat, or disgrace.
- From a higher to a lower place or position.
- To an extreme degree; heavily.
- Seriously or vigorously.
- Toward, to, or on the ground, floor, or bottom.
DOWNWARD vs DOWN: PREPOSITION
- N/A
- In a descending direction along, upon, into, or through.
- In a sequential or temporal sequence.
- Along the course of.
- In or at.
DOWNWARD vs DOWN: OTHER WORD TYPES
- In the lower parts; as regards the lower parts or extremities.
- In a course or direction from a head, origin, source, or remoter point in space or in time: as, water flows downward toward the sea; to trace successive generations downward from the earliest records.
- From a higher to a lower place, condition, or state.
- Descending from a head, origin, or source: as, the downward course of a river; a downward tracing of records.
- Moving or tending from a higher to a lower place, condition, or state; taking a descending direction, literally or figuratively: as, the downward course of a mountain path, or of a drunkard.
- Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- Filled with melancholy and despondency
- Lower than previously
- Being put out in a game of baseball
- Eat up completely, as with great appetite
- Becoming progressively lower
- Being put out by a strikeout
DOWNWARD vs DOWN: RELATED WORDS
- Decrement, Decreased, Retrograde, Falling, Low, Decrease, Decreasing, Downshift, Declining, Backward, Negative, Downside, Decline, Descending, Down
- Felled, Dejected, Downfield, Downbound, Declining, Cut, Fallen, Lowered, Falling, Trailing, Low, Behind, Downwards, Downward, Out
DOWNWARD vs DOWN: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Decrement, Decreased, Retrograde, Falling, Low, Decrease, Decreasing, Downshift, Declining, Backward, Negative, Downside, Decline, Descending, Down
- Felled, Dejected, Downfield, Downbound, Declining, Cut, Fallen, Lowered, Falling, Trailing, Low, Behind, Downwards, Downward, Out
DOWNWARD vs DOWN: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- It also bends the future cost curves downward.
- She stepped back, casting blessedly cool air downward.
- It accelerates downward after this moment since it rides down the hill, so the downward force has got to be bigger.
- This indicates the EPA clauses are resulting in a somewhat even split between upward and downward adjustments, with slightly more downward adjustments.
- Other hosts hit a downward spiral, and in the case of Ray Combs, his downward spiral was irreversible.
- This is called a downward departure or a downward variance.
- The downward acceleration and upward velocity of these clouds allowed the larger particles to drift downward.
- If the breakout is downward, draw a trendline downward following the price action.
- It could be of the following types: Downward rigidity or sticky downward means that there is resistance to the prices adjusting downward.
- Downward rigidity or sticky downward means that there is resistance to the prices adjusting downward.
- The administrative officer got right down to business.
- To bundle a baby with his arms down to his sides and his legs down straight is not a developmentally appropriate position.
- Sl st into the side of the last dc on the way down, so ad not to pull the st down with you.
- It comes amid fears the Government is looking to water down key proposals laid down by the commission.
- Down payment assistance programs can fund a down payment, too.
- He breaks down in tears and begins to sob quietly, sitting down and rubbing his eyes.
- But you live in Hickory down the down the mountain a little bit.
- With low down payment loans enjoy greater credit allowances and low down payments.
- USDA loans also do not require any money down, but down payment gifts are allowed with proper documentation.
- Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
DOWNWARD vs DOWN: QUESTIONS
- Why do dermal papillae have downward projecting ridges?
- Will hum stock continue its 17% downward trajectory?
- What is Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog)?
- Why is the production possibilities curve downward sloping?
- Why is the production possibilities frontier downward sloping?
- Is there any downward pressure on Barclays ratings?
- What is a downward reclassification with reinstatement rights?
- What is downward continuation in geomagnetic processing?
- Is a downward spiral of desertification inevitable?
- How can nonprofit organizations improve downward accountability?
- Which Hollywood stars have stripped down for Playboy?
- How does dehumanization break down moral inhibitions?
- How are carbohydrates broken down into polysaccharides?
- What enzyme breaks down acetylcholine into acetate?
- How are triglycerides and phospholipids broken down?
- Does uninstalling programs slow down your computer?
- Why do objectobjects accelerate down inclined planes?
- Is it better to burn a fire top down or upside down?
- What happens if you get a loss of down on fourth down?
- Can I break down crack down with lemon juice and vinegar?