n. 25B6; adverb
they went down in the lift : TOWARDS A LOWER POSITION, downwards, downstairs.
she fell down : TO THE GROUND/FLOOR, over.
up.
25B6; preposition
the lift plunged down the shaft : TO A LOWER POSITION IN, to the bottom of.
I walked down the street : ALONG, to the other end of, from one end of to the other.
down the years : THROUGHOUT, through, during.
25B6; adjective
I'm feeling a bit down : DEPRESSED, sad, unhappy, melancholy, miserable, wretched, sorrowful, gloomy, dejected, downhearted, despondent, dispirited, low; informal blue, down in the dumps/mouth, fed up.
the computer is down : NOT WORKING, inoperative, malfunctioning, out of order, broken; not in service, out of action, out of commission; informal conked out, bust, (gone) kaput; N. Amer. informal on the fritz.
elated, working.
25B6; verb (informal)
he struck Slater, downing him : KNOCK DOWN/OVER, knock to the ground, bring down, topple; informal deck, floor, flatten.
he downed his beer : DRINK (UP/DOWN), gulp (down), guzzle, quaff, drain, toss off, slug, finish off; informal sink, knock back, put away; N. Amer. informal scarf (down/up), snarf (down/up).
25B6; noun
the ups and downs of running a business : SETBACKS, upsets, reverses, reversals, mishaps, vicissitudes; informal glitches.
(informal) he's having a bit of a down : FIT OF DEPRESSION; informal the blues, the dumps, a low; N. Amer. informal the blahs.
25A0; have a down on (informal) DISAPPROVE OF, be against, feel antagonism to, be hostile to, feel ill will towards; informal have it in for, be down on.