down

n. Down (Johan, engelsk läkare, Downs syndrom är benämnt efter honom)

* * *

I 1. adverb

1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) ner, ned, nere, nerför

2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) ner

3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) i arv

4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) ner

5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.) ner

2. preposition

1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) nerför, nedanför

2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) ner i

3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) utmed, längs

3. verb

(to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) svepa, tömma

- downward

- downwards
- downward
- down-and-out
- down-at-heel
- downcast
- downfall
- downgrade
- downhearted
- downhill
- downhill racing
- downhill skiing
- down-in-the-mouth
- down payment
- downpour
- downright 4. adjective

He is a downright nuisance!) riktig, fullkomlig

- downstairs

- downstream
- down-to-earth
- downtown
- downtown
- down-trodden
- be/go down with
- down on one's luck
- down tools
- down with
- get down to
- suit someone down to the ground
- suit down to the ground II noun

(small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) dun

- downie®

- downy