About The Word Downward
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Downward
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What's The Definition Of Downward?
[adv] spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Downward: down | downwardly | downwards Related Terms | Find terms related to Downward: adown | ascending | axial | back | back-flowing | backward | below | collapsing | deciduous | declining | declivitous | decurrent | descendant | descending | down | down south | downcoming | downfalling | downgoing | downgrade | downhill | downline | down-reaching | downright | downsinking | downstairs | downstream | downstreet | downtown | down-trending | downwards | downwith | drifting | drooping | dropping | falling | flowing | fluent | flying | going | gyrational | gyratory | mounting | on the descendant | on the downgrade | passing | plummeting | plunging | progressive | reflowing | refluent | regressive | retrogressive | rising | rotary | rotational | rotatory | running | rushing | sagging | setting | sideward | sinking | sliding | slipping | soaring | streaming | submerging | subsiding | tottering | tumbledown | up-trending | upward See Also | Downward In Webster's Dictionary \Down"ward\, Downwards \Down"wards\, adv. [AS.
ad?nweard. See {Down}, adv., and {-ward}.]
1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course;
as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or
downwards. ``Looking downwards.'' --Pope.
Their heads they downward bent. --Drayton.
2. From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery,
humility, disgrace, or ruin.
And downward fell into a groveling swine. --Milton.
3. From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from
one to another in a descending line.
A ring the county wears, That downward hath
descended in his house, From son to son, some four
or five descents. --Shak.
\Down"ward\, a. 1. Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous. With downward force That drove the sand along he took his way. --Dryden. 2. Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent. 3. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts. --Sir P. Sidney. |
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