down
down is a valid 4-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
What does down mean?
English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896).
(American football) a complete play to advance the football.
“you have four downs to gain ten yards”
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil.
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).
Cause to come or go down.
“The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect”
“The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet”
Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing.
Drink down entirely.
“He downed three martinis before dinner”
Shoot at and force to come down.
Bring down or defeat (an opponent).
Eat up completely, as with great appetite.
“Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal”
Becoming progressively lower.
“the down trend in the real estate market”
Being or moving lower in position or less in some value.
“lay face down”
“the moon is down”
Being put out by a strikeout.
“two down in the bottom of the ninth”
Not functioning (temporarily or permanently).
“we can't work because the computer is down”
Understood perfectly.
“had his algebra problems down”
Shut.
“the shades were down”
Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place.
“the down staircase”
“the downward course of the stream”
Lower than previously.
“prices are down”
Filled with melancholy and despondency.
“downcast after his defeat”
“feeling discouraged and downhearted”
Away from a more central or a more northerly place.
“was sent down to work at the regional office”
“worked down on the farm”
To a lower intensity.
“he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black”
Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position.
“don't fall down”
“rode the lift up and skied down”