Emily Dickinson Lexicon

down, adv. [late OE dúne.]

1. In a lower place.
2. On paper; in letters; with an inscription.
3. Into weakness; having injury; being defeated; in a low condition.
4. Across; spanning through; in a linear movement along.
5. Strapped; confined.
6. Disappeared; vanished.
7. Below; underneath.
8. Fallen; flattened; demolished; from raised to level position.
9. In the grave.
10. Off; shut; closed.
11. Below the horizon.
12. Phrase. “down hill”: at an incline; in a downward direction; moving from a higher place to a lower place; [fig.] descending towards the grave.