Particle Down
Different meanings
- Down for movement
- Down for sitting or lying in a resting position
- Down for raining
- Down for reducing
- Down for failure, defeating, collapsing, attacking and destroying
- Down for swallowing food and drink
- Down for writing; on paper; with certainty
- Down for basic essentials
- Down for along
- Down for cleaning with water
Down for movement 
Moving from a higher position to a lower one. This is the literal meaning
of down and is found in many different combinations.
| Bed down | |
| Cast down | |
| Come down | |
| Flutter down | |
| Go down | The Titanic went down on her maiden voyage in 1912. |
| Huddle down | |
| Knock down | |
| Move down | How many tons of cargo are moved down the Mississippi River every year? |
| Pass down | |
| Plump down | |
| Pull down | |
| Put down | He finished the book and put it down on the table. |
| Ram down | |
| Shake down | |
| Sink down | |
| Touch down |  The plane was quickly covered in foam when it
touched down. |
| Wind down |
Top Down for sitting
or lying in a resting position Move your body to a lower position.
| Bend down | He bent down to take a look at the baby. |
| Bed down | After a lovely bath, dinner and much needed stretching I bedded down for a lovely sleep. |
| Bow down | |
| Crouch down | |
| Doss down | If you can find another blanket I'll just doss down on the sofa. |
| Flop down | |
| Get down | |
| Keep down | |
| Kip down | Any chance of kipping down at your place? |
| Kneel down | |
| Lie down | He lay down on the bed. |
| Reach down | |
| Sit down | On Sunday morning, Uncle Vernon sat down at the breakfast table looking tired and rather ill, but happy. |
| Throw down |
Down for raining Some
combinations of down indicate rain heavily.
| Beat down | |
| Bucket down | |
| Lash down | The rain was absolutely lashing down by now and we were both getting pretty wet. |
| Pelt down | When I woke up, rain was pelting down, battering the window, and we got drenched just dashing the six feet from the front door to the car! |
| Piss down | You got back just in time, I reckon. It's going to piss down in a minute. |
| Pour down | You'd better take an umbrella with you, it's pouring down outside. |
Down for reducing It's found in combinations which mean reduce the quantity, quality,
size, intensity, importance, and so on. For example, if you go for a
walk in the summer and it's too hot you can have
a rest to cool down. Cool down here means reduce your body temperature
| Bring down | The government is trying to bring down the rate of inflation. |
| Calm down | He was very upset about it, but he calmed down eventually. |
| Change down | |
| Come down | I'm waiting for the prices to come down. They say they're going to tumble. |
| Cool down | Let food cool down before putting it in the fridge or freezer. |
| Count down | |
| Dress down | Dressing down allows staff to be comfortable and be themselves. |
| Die down | The wind blew strongly for several hours but then it started to die down. |
| File down | There are electric nail files on the market that are specifically made to file down dog's nails. |
| Get down | |
| Go down | When interest rates go down, people and businesses are encouraged to borrow and spend more, boosting the economy. |
| Keep down | Please keep your voice down or they will hear you. |
| Knock down | She got the owner to knock down the price. |
| Let down | |
| Live sth down | Jake has spent his life trying to live down his father's reputation. |
| Mark down | The dress was marked down more than 50 percent, from $125 to just 55 bucks. |
| Narrow down | They narrowed the number of suspects down to three. |
| Play down | The president is trying to play down claims of financial mismanagement and vote-rigging. |
| Quiet down | |
| Quieten down | Can you ask the children to quieten down? They're making so much noise I can't hear myself think. |
| Run down | |
| Sand down | |
| Shrink down | In some areas, delivery times on standard items will shrink down to two or three days. |
| Simmer down | There's been a little bit of tension around the house. Wayne thinks that he and Brian just need a little time apart so they can let things simmer down a bit. |
| Slow down | You are driving too fast. Please slow down. |
| Thin down | |
| Tone down | This letter is too aggressive and impolite - It'll be more effective if you tone it down. |
| Trade down | |
| Turn down | When the liquid boils, turn the heat down and simmer it for 10 minutes. |
| Water down | |
| Wind down |
Down for failure,
defeating, collapsing, attacking and destroying
| Break down | Sorry I'm late. The car broke down on the way here. |
| Climb down | In the end the government was forced to climb down and give in to the demands of the peasants, although it clearly doesn't have the resources to meet such demands. |
| Close down | A maternity centre where many celebrity mothers choose to give birth is to close down. |
| Come down | She came off the antidepressants again - and, once more, came down with a crash. |
| Come down with sth | |
| Get down | Bad weather really gets me down. |
| Go down | |
| Go down with sth | |
| Gun down | A prominent Russian federal judge was gunned down at the entrance to his apartment complex in Moscow on Monday. |
| Hunt down | President Bush has promised to hunt down those behind the attack. |
| Let down | We're relying on you to do it. You won't let us down, will you? |
| Pull down | They've pulled down those old building in Church Street to make way for a new supermarket. |
| Put down | The police quickly put down the riots. |
| Shut down | Legal action will be taken to shut down sites that fail to comply with the law. |
| Step down | I think he should step down as chairman and let someone younger take over. |
| Strike down | |
| Turn down | He was offered an excellent job in Canada, but he turned it down because he didn't want to leave France. |
Down for swallowing food and drink
| Bolt down | |
| Drink down | |
| Force down | |
| Get down | |
| Gobble down | |
| Gulp down | Your taste buds will explode with ecstasy as you gulp down this incredibly delicious Banana Split Ice Cream flavored delight. |
| Keep down | |
| Stay down | |
| Wash down | |
| Wolf down |
Down for writing;
on paper; with certainty 
| Copy down | |
| Get down | |
| Jot down | |
| Lay down | The Directives lay down the hygiene conditions under which wild game meat is to be obtained, processed and inspected, in order to prevent food poisoning. |
| Nail down | |
| Note down | She noted the answers down so that she could try the exercise again later in the week. |
| Pin down | |
| Put down | |
| Scribble down | |
| Take down | Mrs Stevens was at the meeting, so her secretary took down my message. |
| Write down | It wasn't enough for her simply to hear new sounds or words. She had to see them written down. |
Down for basic essentials 
Separate something into pieces or show its most important or basic part
or idea.
| Boil down to sth | A lot of this boils down to lack of education. |
| Break sth down | Bacteria break down the animal waste to form methane gas. |
| Buckle down | |
| Come down to | |
| Get down to | |
| Nail down | |
| Pin down | It was always hard to pin him down to a definite answer. |
| Strip down |
Down for along Sometimes
down means the same as along.
| Come down | |
| Drive down | Can I drive down this road and get to the High Street? |
| Go down | |
| Walk down |
| Hose down | |
| Rub down | |
| Scrub down | |
| Soap down | |
| Towel down | |
| Wash down | |
| Wipe down |