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[ adverb ] spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
Synonyms Examples "don't fall down" "rode the lift up and skied down" "prices plunged downward" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)This gives a wide flare to the pecs , causing them to flow dramatically upward into deltoids and dramatically downward into the serratus and lats . |
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[ adjective ] on or toward a surface regarded as a base
Examples "he lay face downward" "the downward pull of gravity" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)The `` push '' exercise of this Push-Pull_Super-Set is the Bench_Press done with elbows well pulled back and with a greater downward stretch of the pectorals not possible with the barbell variation . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
Synonyms Examples "the down staircase" "the downward course of the stream" Used in print (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)With this act of disobedience , and not with the inception of his individual existence , man began the downward circuit on the spiral of history , descending from the created capacity for immortality to an inescapable mortality . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)We stressed the reciprocal relation of these systems with respect to the autonomic somatic downward discharge as_well_as regarding the hypothalamic cortical discharge . Related terms |
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