in the mouth adj. Looking unhappy.

- payment n. Partial initial payment.

- under adv. Colloq. In the antipodes, esp. Australia.

- —adv. - into or towards a lower place, esp. To the ground (fall down).

- in a lower place or position (blinds were down).

- to or in a place regarded as lower, esp.: a southwards. B away from a major city or a university.

- a in or into a low or weaker position or condition (hit a man when he's down; down with a cold). B losing by (three goals down; £5 down). C (of a computer system) out of action.

- from an earlier to a later time (down to 1600).

- to a finer or thinner consistency or smaller amount or size (grind down; water down; boil down).

- cheaper (bread is down; shares are down).

- into a more settled state (calm down).

- in writing or recorded form (copy it down; down on tape; down to speak next). 10 paid or dealt with as a deposit or part (£5 down, £20 to pay; three down, six to go). 11 with the current or wind. 12 (of a crossword clue or answer) read vertically (five down). —prep. - downwards along, through, or into.

- from the top to the bottom of.

- along (walk down the road).

- at or in a lower part of (lives down the road). —attrib. Adj. - directed downwards (a down draught).

- from a capital or centre (down train; down platform). —v. Colloq. - knock or bring down.

- swallow. —n. - act of putting down.

- reverse of fortune (ups and downs).

- colloq.

- n. - open rolling land.

- (in pl.) Chalk uplands, esp. In s. England. [old english]