dowpayme

　　1.soft fine feathers

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

　　you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards

　　3.(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

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

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

　　lay face down

　　6.becoming progressively lower;

　　the down trend in the real estate market

　　7.understood perfectly;

　　had his algebra problems down

　　8.extending or moving from a higher to a lower place;

　　the down staircase

　　9.out;

　　two down in the last of the ninth

　　10.lower than previously;

　　the market is depressed

　　11.shut;

　　the shades were down

　　12.cut down;

　　the tree is down

　　13.not functioning (temporarily or permanently);

　　we can't work because the computer is down

　　14. low in spirits;

　　lonely and blue in a strange city

　　15. the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase;

　　the down payment

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

　　don't fall down

　　17.away from a more central or a more northerly place;

　　was sent down to work at the regional office

　　18.paid in cash at time of purchase;

　　put ten dollars down on the necklace

　　19.from an earlier time;

　　the story was passed down from father to son

　　20.to a lower intensity;

　　he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black

　　21.in an inactive or inoperative state;

　　the factory went down during the strike