Definitions
1.NounA bolt of lightning that touches ground.
2.NounA (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
3.NounA blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
4.NounA downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
5.NounA downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.
6.NounA type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises.
7.NounA variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action.
8.NounA line that is drawn with a downward stroke.
9.VerbTo strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple.
10.VerbTo dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.
11.VerbTo arc to ground in a downstrike.
12.VerbTo strike from above.
13.VerbTo move downward in a striking motion.
14.VerbTo go in a downward direction.
15.VerbTo point (finish a joint) by pressing mortar in at the bottom.
16.VerbTo play a stringed instrument with a downward plucking motion.
17.Adjectivedownward or further down.
18.AdverbIn a downward direction