Down vs. Dawn

From a higher to a lower place or position

Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the appearance of indirect sunlight being scattered in Earth's atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc has reached 18° below the observer's horizon.

Toward, to, or on the ground, floor, or bottom

The time each morning at which daylight first begins.

Downstairs

A first appearance; a beginning

In or into a sitting, kneeling, or reclining position

To begin to become light in the morning.

In or into one's stomach

To begin to appear or develop; emerge.

In writing or a record

To begin to be perceived or understood

In partial payment at the time of purchase

(intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.

Into or toward a secure position

(intransitive) To start to appear or be realized.

Toward or in the south; southward

(intransitive) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

Away from a place considered central or a center of activity, such as a city or town

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

To a specific location or source

(countable) The rising of the sun.

Toward or at a low or lower point on a scale

(uncountable) The time when the sun rises.

From earlier times or people

(uncountable) The earliest phase of something.

To or at a lower intensity or amount

To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.

To or in a reduced or concentrated form

To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

To or in a quiescent or subdued state

The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.

In or into an inactive or inoperative state

First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.

To or into a lower or inferior condition, as of subjection, defeat, or disgrace

the first light of day;

To an extreme degree; heavily

the earliest period;

Seriously or vigorously

an opening time period;

Moving or directed downward

become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;

Low or lower

appear or develop;

Reduced; diminished

become light;

Sports & Games Trailing an opponent

Afflicted; sick

Malfunctioning or not operating, especially temporarily

Low in spirits; depressed

Not in play and at the place where offensive forward progress has stopped

Not permitted to advance further in the play because forward progress has stopped, especially by being tackled. Used of a ball carrier.

(Baseball) Retired; out

Completed; done

Learned or known perfectly

In a descending direction along, upon, into, or through

In a sequential or temporal sequence

Along the course of

In or at

A downward movement; descent

A feeling of sadness or depression

A misfortune or difficulty

(Football) Any of a series of four plays in American football or three plays in Canadian football during which a team must advance at least ten yards to retain possession of the ball.

Fine, soft, fluffy feathers forming the first plumage of a young bird and underlying the contour feathers in certain adult birds.

(Botany) A covering of soft, short hairs, as on some leaves or fruit.

A soft, silky, or feathery substance, such as the first growth of a human beard.

often downs An expanse of rolling upland, often treeless, grassy, and used for grazing.

often Down Any of several breeds of sheep having short wool, originally bred in the Downs of southern England.

To bring, put, strike, or throw down

To swallow hastily; gulp

(Football) To put (the ball) out of play by touching it to the ground or stepping out of bounds.

To go or come down; descend.

(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.

(comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.

As a down payment.

On paper (or in a durable record).

To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).

Away from the city (regardless of direction).

At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.

(sport) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).

Into a state of non-operation.

To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.

(rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

Get down.

Away from Oxford or Cambridge.

From a remoter or higher antiquity.

So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.

So as to reduce size, weight or volume.

From less to greater detail.

So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.

Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.

Forward, straight ahead.

From the higher end to the lower of.

From north to south of.

From one end to another of (in any direction); along.

(colloquial) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).

Facing downwards.

At a lower level than before.

(informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.

Sick, wounded, or damaged:

(normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.

Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.

Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.

(not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.

Having a lower score than an opponent.

Out.

Negative about; hostile to.

Comfortable with, accepting of.

Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.

Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).

Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. Compare down pat.

(obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.

(of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.

(transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.

(transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).

(transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.

To defeat; to overpower.

To disparage; to put down.

To go or come down; to descend.

To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.

To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.

To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.

(transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.

(dated) A grudge (on someone).

An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.

(American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.

(crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.

A downstairs room of a two-story house.

Down payment.

The lightest quark with a charge number of −3.

(especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland

A field, especially one used for horse racing.

A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.

Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.

(botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.

The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.

That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down

A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; - usually in the plural.

A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; - usually in the plural.

A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.

A state of depression; low state; abasement.

To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.

To go down; to descend.

In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; - the opposite of up.

From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; - used with verbs indicating motion.

In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a descent; below the horizon; on the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet.

From a remoter or higher antiquity.

From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions.

In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well.

Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound.

Downcast; as, a down look.

Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial.

Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.

soft fine feathers

(American football) a complete play to advance the football;

English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

drink down entirely;

eat immoderately;

bring down or defeat (an opponent)

shoot at and force to come down;

cause to come or go down;

improve or perfect by pruning or polishing;

being or moving lower in position or less in some value;

becoming progressively lower;

understood perfectly;

extending or moving from a higher to a lower place;

out;

lower than previously;

shut;

cut down;

not functioning (temporarily or permanently);

low in spirits;

the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase;

spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position;

away from a more central or a more northerly place;

paid in cash at time of purchase;

from an earlier time;

to a lower intensity;

in an inactive or inoperative state;