What is the meaning of Down?

From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.

At a lower or further place or position along a set path.

As a down payment.

On paper (or in a durable record).

To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).

Away from the city (regardless of direction).

At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.

Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).

Into a state of non-operation.

To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.

In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

Get down.

Away from Oxford or Cambridge.

From a remoter or higher antiquity.

So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.

So as to reduce size, weight or volume.

From less to greater detail.

So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.

Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.

Forward, straight ahead.

From the higher end to the lower of.

From north to south of.

From one end to another of (in any direction); along.

At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).

Facing downwards.

At a lower level than before.

Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.

Sick, wounded, or damaged:

  1. Sick or ill.

    Sick or ill.

    Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.

    Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.

    Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.

    Inoperable; out of order; out of service.

    Having a lower score than an opponent.

    Out.

    Negative about; hostile to.

    Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].

    Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.

    Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).

    Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered.

    Downright; absolute; positive.

    Fallen or felled.

    Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

    To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.

    Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).

    To lower; to put (something) down.

    To defeat; to overpower.

    To disparage; to put down.

    To go or come down; to descend.

    To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.

    To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.

    To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.

    A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.

    A grudge (on someone).

    An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.

    A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.

    A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.

    A downstairs room of a two-story house.

    Down payment.

    The lightest quark with a charge number of 3.

    A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.

    A field, especially one used for horse racing.

    A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.

    Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.

    The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.

    The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.

    That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.

    To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

    sad; depressed

    to be sad; to be depressed

    to be out of service

    to download

    down, depressed

    down, depressed

    down, not online

    down, defeated, without health left

    Down syndrome

    Downie (person with Down syndrome)

    dip, dumbhead, dumb cluck, dummkopf, hammerhead, ignorant

    first-person plural present/future of dod

    first-person singular imperfect/conditional of dod

    first-person plural imperative of dod

    Source: wiktionary.org