downcome noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.And doutles, when ever the Pope shall fall, if his ruine bee not like the sudden down-come of a Towre, the Bishops, when they see him tottering, will leave him, and fall to scrambling […] — 1641 •In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned. •A downpour of rain. verb1 •To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.Mirage-bound and moving blind, he downcomes, Up-growing from his sapling game In the laughing park, Bearing the stolen spark — 1958 formsdowncame · downcoming · downcomes