Down and Facedown

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Down adverb - Toward or in a lower position.

Usage example: the stairs went down to the basement

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Facedown and down are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Facedown" instead an adverb "Down".

Nearby Word: downed

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Down and facedown are semantically related. You can use "Down" instead an adverb "Facedown".

Innocent Inaccurate: When the maid finds the prince facedown in the pool, she's very touched that he gave up his precious air for her and takes his body down into the depths.

Source: Sandbox / Emily Carroll Art And Comics
In Serenity, right after one of River's hallucinations, the camera cuts to showing her lying facedown on the deck grating, and the camera angle is conspicuously positioned to give the viewer a perfect shot straight down her cleavage.

Source: Male Gaze
He tries cajoling, threats, even reason, but all are shot down, leading him to trudge back to Tapster's Tavern, where you find he has already begun drowning his sorrows, assuming they aren't gently bobbing facedown in an ocean of alcohol already.

Source: Establishing Character Moment / Video Games

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