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| | | | | | | | Downwards | { } adv. [ AS. ad&unr_;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 ] Variants: Downward |
| | 下 | [xià, ㄒㄧㄚˋ, 下] down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down #58 [Add to Longdo] | | 撇 | [piě, ㄆㄧㄝˇ, 撇] (downwards-left curved character stroke); throw #12,534 [Add to Longdo] | | 捺 | [nà, ㄋㄚˋ, 捺] (downwards-right concave character stroke); press down firmly #55,807 [Add to Longdo] | | 向斜 | [xiàng xié, ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄝˊ, 向 斜] syncline (geol., concave fold buckling downwards) #63,654 [Add to Longdo] | | 斜钩 | [xié gōu, ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄡ, 斜 钩 / 斜 鉤] (downwards-right concave hooked character stroke) [Add to Longdo] | | 竖折 | [shù zhé, ㄕㄨˋ ㄓㄜˊ, 竖 折 / 豎 折] (downwards-starting right angle character stroke) [Add to Longdo] | | 点 | [diǎn, ㄉㄧㄢˇ, 点 / 點] point; dot; speck; drop; decimal point; point of a scale; point in a theory or argument; downwards-right convex character stroke; a little (usually 一點|一点); a jot; beat (of percussion instrument); to draw a dot; to touch slightly; to drip; classifier for i [Add to Longdo] |
| | | 転折 | [てんせつ, tensetsu] (n) in calligraphy, a brush movement where a horizontal line turns sharply downwards [Add to Longdo] | | 投げ下ろす;投下ろす | [なげおろす, nageorosu] (v5s, vt) (1) to dump (a load of something); (2) to throw from a height; to throw downwards [Add to Longdo] |
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