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English to English adjective
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Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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extending or moving from a higher to a lower place | | Example: the down staircase
the downward course of the stream
source: wordnet30
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on or toward a surface regarded as a base | | Example: he lay face downward
the downward pull of gravity
source: wordnet30 adverb
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spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position | | Example: don't fall down
rode the lift up and skied down
prices plunged downward
source: wordnet30
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From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards. | | source: webster1913
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