Read the dictionary definition of downward. All definitions for this word.
1. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
1. the down staircase
2. the downward course of the stream
2. on or toward a surface regarded as a base
1. he lay face downward
2. the downward pull of gravity
3. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
1. don't fall down
2. rode the lift up and skied down
3. prices plunged downward
