Definition of Downward

• spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "dont fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward"
• on or toward a surface regarded as a base; "he lay face downward"; "the downward pull of gravity"
• extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"