Found 2 items, similar to Downward.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: downward downward adj 1: on or toward a surface regarded as a base; “he lay face downward”; “the downward pull of gravity” [syn: downward(ip)] 2: extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; “the down staircase”; “the downward course of the stream” [syn: down(a), downward(a)] 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” [syn: down, downwards, downwardly] [ant: up, up, up, up]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Downward Downward \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. [1913 Webster] Their heads they downward bent. --Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin. [1913 Webster] And downward fell into a groveling swine. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line. [1913 Webster] A ring the county wears, That downward hath descended in his house, From son to son, some four or five descents. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Downward \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. [1913 Webster] With downward force That drove the sand along he took his way. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent. [1913 Webster] 3. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]