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down
Part of speech: NounSoft feathers, hair, or wool; the soft fibers of plants; banks or small, rounded hills of sand.
Part of speech: AdverbFrom a higher to a lower degree or position; at the lowest point; on the ground; below the horizon; opposite to up; from earlier to later times; in hand, or on the counter; as, to pay down for goods; on paper, or in a book.
Part of speech: Adjective Part of speech: PrepositionAlong a descent of; from a higher to a lower place on; along the course or current of.
Usage examples "down":- " We don't say anything, but we know right enough you're a come down. - "Antony Gray,--Gardener", Leslie Moore.
- It won't be any trouble at all to pull this car down hill." - "Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout or, The Speediest Car on the Road", Victor Appleton.
- You came all the way down to Alresford to see her. - "An Old Man's Love", Anthony Trollope.