How do you use the word "down" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "down": The wind calmed down. Put your hands down!

Down Meaning

/ˈdaʊ̯n/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

advFrom a higher position to a lower one; downwards.

advTo or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.

Sentence Examples

The wind calmed down.

Put your hands down!

She jumped down off the chair.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

pop weak behind

Antonyms:

upward

CEFR Practice Quiz

The jacket was insulated with goose ____ to keep warm.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The wind calmed ____.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Old English of- Proto-Germanic *dūnaz? Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós? Proto-Celtic *dūnomder.? Proto-West Germanic *dūnā Old English dūne Old English ofdūne Old English adūne Old English dūne Middle English doun English down From Middle English doun, doune (“down”), from Old English dūne (“down”), aphetic form of adūne (“down, downward”), from earlier ofdūne (“down”, literally “off the hill”), from of (“of, off of”) + dūn (“hill, mount, dune, down”). More at Etymology 2 below. For the development from directional phrases to prepositions, compare Old Frisian dene (“down”, adverb, literally “(to the) floor”), Middle Low German dāle (“down, downwards”, literally “(in/to the) dale/valley”), whence German Low German dal (“down”). Compare also Saterland Frisian deel (“down”, literally “to/into the dale”), West Frisian del (“down”). Cognate with Scots doon (“down”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man." — 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

"To her humiliation Jessamy found there were tears trickling down her cheeks." — 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, year_published edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 48:

"Through the open front door ran Jessamy, down the steps to where Kitto was sitting at the bottom with the pram beside him." — 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 122:

"It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar." — 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01:

"The charity match, played Sunday afternoon at Cirencester Park Polo Club in Gloucestershire, reached a dramatic climax when Prince Harry tore down the pitch but failed to score what was described as an “open goal”." — 2015 May 25, “Frustrated Prince Harry howls as he misses open goal”, in Daily Telegraph:

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