down
Definition of down:
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part of speech: preposition
Along a descent: from a higher to a lower position or state.
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part of speech: noun
A bank of sand thrown up by the sea:- pl. a tract of hilly land, used for pasturing sheep.
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part of speech: noun
The fine soft feathers of fowls; any fine hairy substance light enough to float in the air.
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part of speech: adverb
From a higher to a lower position: on the ground: from earlier to later times.
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part of speech: adverb, preposition
From a higher to a lower place; on the ground; extended or prostrate on any surface; toward the mouth of a river; below the horizon, as the sun; into a due consistence, as, to boil down. Note.- Persons in London say down to Scotland, & c., and those in the provinces, up to London.
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part of speech: noun
The soft hair under the feathers of fowls: the hairy covering of the seeds of certain plants: anything which soothes or invites to repose.
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Common misspellings:
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- doown (0.9%)
- dows (0.1%)
- dowen (3.2%)
- dout (0.1%)
- dont (0.2%)
- downn (1.2%)
- dowt (0.2%)
- tn (0.1%)
- downa (1.3%)
- doan (0.1%)
- fown (1.1%)
- downb (0.2%)
- doewn (0.5%)
- dor (0.5%)
- doun (0.2%)
- bown (0.2%)
- downt (6.0%)
- dwon (9.5%)
- lieing (0.1%)
- fot (0.1%)
- doen (13.0%)
- dowing (0.1%)
- dowmn (0.5%)
- dn (0.1%)
- dosn (0.1%)
- oe (0.2%)
- doqwn (0.2%)
- diown (0.6%)
- unavaible (0.1%)
- dowm (11.4%)
- donw (14.6%)
- hown (0.2%)
- dou (0.1%)
- doiwn (1.3%)
- donwn (0.1%)
- dowb (0.5%)
- downe (0.9%)
- dow (19.7%)
- dwn (4.6%)
- oen (0.1%)
- sdown (0.6%)
- dowan (0.2%)
- dowbn (0.2%)
- diwn (1.5%)
- doem (0.1%)
- dnow (0.2%)
- dpwn (0.5%)
- doweng (0.2%)
- douwn (0.2%)
- dond (0.1%)
- wn (0.1%)
- dop (0.1%)
- ddown (0.2%)
- daown (0.4%)
- downj (0.2%)
- dowsn (0.2%)
