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.
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Their heads they downward bent. --Drayton.
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2. From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery,
humility, disgrace, or ruin.
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And downward fell into a groveling swine. --Milton.
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3. From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from
one to another in a descending line.
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A ring the county wears,
That downward hath descended in his house,
From son to son, some four or five descents. --Shak.
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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.
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With downward force
That drove the sand along he took his way. --Dryden.
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2. Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward
line of descent.
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3. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed;
dejected; as, downward thoughts. --Sir P. Sidney.
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