| abase | lower, cast down |
| allaying | diluting, watering down |
| bane | poison, kill, put down |
| bear | stay upright, not fall down |
| bear | overwhelm, put down, overcome |
| bite | erode, wear down, eat away at |
| blurt at | treat with contempt, scorn, look down on |
| branchless | maimed, disfigured, cut down |
| brawl | destroy with uproar, force down with clamour |
| brew | dilute, water down |
| burden | load down, weigh down |
| carouse | toast, long draught, cup filled to the brim to be downed in one go |
| cast | [wrestling] throw down, make fall |
| charge | overload, overburden, weigh down |
| choke | suppress, crush, put down |
| chop-fallen | downcast, dejected, down in the mouth |
| content | calm [down], settle, relax |
| control | calm down, gently rebuke |
| couch | lower, bring down [to attack position] |
| couch | lay down, rest, repose |
| couch | make crouch down, cause to cower |
| couch down | crouch, cower, lie down |
| couching | [heraldry] lying down, crouching |
| crack | collapse, break down, fall to pieces |
| craze | crack, break down, shatter |
| crop | cut down, remove, hack off |
| crouch | duck down, lie hidden |
| crouch | bend low, bow down, cringe |
| crush | drink down, quaff, knock back |
| crushed | broken-down, subdued, forced out of shape |
| custom-shrunk | down in business, suffering great loss of trade |
| dash | cast down, daunt, dishearten |
| deceive | disappoint, frustrate, let down |
| decline | fall, descend, come down |
| declined | vanquished person, someone brought down |
| deject | humble, abase, cast down |
| deject | dejected, downcast, cast down |
| dejected | cast down, abased, humbled |
| depress | bring low, humble, put down |
| derive | bring down [on], direct [to] |
| dig | dig down, lessen by digging, excavate |
| dismount | lower, cast down |
| disponge | pour out [as from a sponge], rain down, discharge |
| dispunge | pour out, rain down, discharge |
| disquantity | lessen in quantity, reduce, cut down |
| dissolve | melt into tears, break down in grief |
| distil | trickle down, fall in tiny drops |
| down | downs, undulating hills |
| down | fall, go down, be overthrown |
| down | in bed |
| down | dead on the ground |
| down | nonsense word using in song |
| down-gyved | hanging down like fetters [gyves] |
| down-pillow | pillow made of soft feathers |
| downright | directed straight down, coming from above |
| down-rope | trickle down, seep |
| Downs | The Downs; anchorage just off the Kent coast |
| down-sleeve | long sleeve to the wrist |
| downy | soft as down, comfort-giving |
| draw | draw down, bring about |
| drink | drink down, swallow up |
| emboss | [hunting] run down, drive to exhaustion |
| englut | swallow up, gulp down, devour |
| enschedule | put in a schedule, write down in a list |
| essentially | in fact, really, deep down |
| extenuate | mitigate, lessen, tone down |
| fail | fall short, let down, disappoint |
| fixture | way of placing, setting down |
| fledge | covered with down, displaying growth |
| founder | make lame, cause to break down |
| fraught | burden, weigh down, encumber |
| gage | pledge, challenge [usually, a glove or gauntlet thrown down] |
| gone | lost, ruined, brought down |
| heavy | weighed down, burdened, laden |
| hillo, illo | falconer's cry to bring a hawk down |
| hug | bed down, curl up, lie close |
| illo | falconer's cry to bring a hawk down |
| ill-rooted | unstable, unsteady, likely to fall down |
| indite | write, compose, set down |
| kill | put down, outdo, master |
| lay | [highwaymen] stand and deliver; put down your weapons |
| lay | bring down, inflict |
| lay | flatten, bring down, lay low |
| lay | keep down, make subside |
| lie | settle down, lay to rest |
| lighten | flash out, send down as lightning |
| loaden | laden, weighed down |
| lodge | beat down, flatten, make level |
| loll | hang down loosely, thrust out |
| mince | play down, soften, make little of |
| mire | sink in the mire, get bogged down |
| miss | fail to meet, let down |
| outface | put down, overcome, put to shame |
| overbear | overrule, overcome, put down |
| overlook | rise above, look down on |
| overpeer | look down on, look out over, overlook |
| overrun | flow over, stream down |
| overstare | outstare, face down |
| paper | put down on paper, write down |
| peise | weigh down, burden, load |
| peise | weigh down, burden, load down |
| penned | specially composed, set down in writing |
| play | [drinking call] finish it off, down it |
| pledge | glove [thrown down], gage |
| pluck | draw down, bring down |
| pluck | come down [in level of aspiration], look lower |
| pluck | pull down, drag down |
| practic | practical, pragmatic, down-to-earth |
| precipitation | throwing headlong, hurling down |
| prescript | prescribed, appropriate, laid down |
| press | overburden, weigh down, oppress |
| press | oppress, burden, weigh down |
| presuppose | suggest earlier, previously lay down |
| prick | mark down, pick out, select [for death] |
| prick | mark (down), put on a list, record in writing |
| prick | choose, select, mark down |
| pricksong | vocal music written down, printed music |
| pride | highest point reached by a bird of prey before swooping down |
| putting down | suppression, restraint, repression |
| quaff | drink down, take a long draught of |
| qualify | appease, pacify, calm down |
| quench | cool down, settle down |
| rank | place, class, put down |
| rase | obliterated, torn down |
| rebuke | repress, put down, check |
| regard | gaze upon, look down on, observe |
| register | record, formally write down |
| salve | make more acceptable, soften down, account for |
| set | challenge, put down a stake against |
| set | settle down |
| set | seated, sitting down |
| setting-down | siege, besieging, encampment |
| sink | fail, fall down, give way |
| slack | reduce to inactivity, quieten down |
| slack | slacken, reduce, slow down |
| souse | swoop down on, beat away |
| stand | fight stoutly, get down to business |
| steep-down | precipitous, sheer |
| stoop | kneel, submit, bow down |
| strike | [of sails] lower, take down [especially before a mightier vessel] |
| subdue | get the better of, bring down, reduce |
| subscribe | put down for [a sum of money], pledge |
| subscribe | write one down as, proclaim to be |
| swear | reduce to silence by swearing, put down by swearing |
| swill | drink greedily, gulp down |
| take | humble, lower, cut down to size |
| temper | moderate, soften, tone down |
| tread | press down on, thrust against |
| unbuild | pull down, demolish, dismantle |
| under | down, in a bad way, in a low position |
| undone | ruined, destroyed, brought down |
| vail | lower, bow down, cast down [as in submission] |
| vail | setting, going down |
| virginal | move the fingers up and down [as if playing a virginal] |
| visit | afflict with sickness, strike down with disease |
| waterish | abounding in water; also: wishy-washy, watered down |
| wave | move up and down, incline |
| white | in black-and-white, written down |
| wring | wrack, rack, press down |