A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth. / The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error. / An act of falling down.

(intransitive) To fall down; deteriorate; decline.

A heavy rain.

(intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.

(transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder. / To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking characteristics of; to soften.

To kneel, especially as an act of reverence or prayer.

Of or relating to a hierarchical system that progresses from a single, large basic unit to multiple, smaller subunits. / Produced, controlled, or directed by those at the top of the hierarchy.

(transitive) To treat or polish with sandpaper.

(figuratively) Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated. / Trodden down.

past participle of downtrod