touch the ball down

:  to bring a bodily part into contact with especially so as to perceive through the tactile sense :  handle or feel gently usually with the intent to understand or appreciate

:  to put hands upon in any way or degree

:  to commit violence upon

:  the act or fact of touching

:  the act or an instance of handling or controlling a ball (as in basketball or soccer)

:  the special sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin or mucous membrane is perceived

:  a round or roundish body or mass: such as

:  a spherical or ovoid body used in a game or sport

:  earth, globe

:  to form or gather into a ball

:  to form or gather into a ball

:  a large formal gathering for social dancing

:  a very pleasant experience :  a good time

:  toward or in a lower physical position

:  to a lying or sitting position

:  toward or to the ground, floor, or bottom

:  down (see ¹down) along, around, through, toward, in, into, or on

:  to cause to go or come down (see ¹down) : such as

:  to cause to fall by or as if by shooting :  bring down

:  consume

:  occupying a low position

:  lying on the ground

:  directed or going downward

:  descent, depression

:  an instance of putting down someone (such as an opponent in wrestling)

:  a complete play to advance the ball

:  an undulating usually treeless upland with sparse soil

:  a sheep of any breed originating in the downs of southern England

:  a covering of soft fluffy feathers

:  these feathers

:  something soft and fluffy like down