| drop | | |
| n. (shape) | 1. bead, drop, pearl | a shape that is spherical and small.; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead" |
| ~ sphere | a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses). |
| ~ dewdrop | a drop of dew. |
| ~ teardrop | anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring). |
| n. (quantity) | 2. drib, driblet, drop | a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid).; "he had a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man"; "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet" |
| ~ tear, teardrop | a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands.; "his story brought tears to her eyes" |
| ~ raindrop | a drop of rain. |
| ~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude. |
| ~ droplet | a tiny drop. |
| ~ eye-drop, eyedrop | a drop from an eye dropper. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. dip, drop, fall, free fall | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity.; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall" |
| ~ decrement, decrease | the amount by which something decreases. |
| ~ correction | a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases.; "market runups are invariably followed by a correction" |
| ~ voltage drop | a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing. |
| n. (object) | 4. cliff, drop, drop-off | a steep high face of rock.; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop" |
| ~ crag | a steep rugged rock or cliff. |
| ~ geological formation, formation | (geology) the geological features of the earth. |
| ~ precipice | a very steep cliff. |
| n. (location) | 5. drop | a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property). |
| ~ drug | a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic. |
| ~ dead drop | a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information.; "a dead drop avoids the need for an intelligence officer and a spy to be present at the same time" |
| ~ hiding place | a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself). |
| n. (event) | 6. drop, fall | a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity.; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height" |
| ~ free fall | the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field. |
| ~ gravitation | movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction.; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps" |
| ~ descent | a movement downward. |
| ~ plunge | a steep and rapid fall. |
| ~ precipitation | the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. drop, drop cloth, drop curtain | a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery. |
| ~ curtain, drape, drapery, pall, mantle | hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window). |
| n. (artifact) | 8. drop | a central depository where things can be left or picked up. |
| ~ depositary, depository, repository, deposit | a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping. |
| ~ maildrop | a drop where mail can be deposited. |
| n. (act) | 9. drop | the act of dropping something.; "they expected the drop would be successful" |
| ~ descent | the act of changing your location in a downward direction. |
| v. (motion) | 10. drop | let fall to the ground.; "Don't drop the dishes" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ drop | to fall vertically.; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets" |
| ~ plop | drop something with a plopping sound. |
| ~ dump | drop (stuff) in a heap or mass.; "The truck dumped the garbage in the street" |
| ~ hang | let drop or droop.; "Hang one's head in shame" |
| ~ plank down, plonk down, plump down | drop heavily. |
| ~ drop down, sink, drop | fall or descend to a lower place or level.; "He sank to his knees" |
| v. (motion) | 11. drop | to fall vertically.; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| ~ dump, plunge | fall abruptly.; "It plunged to the bottom of the well" |
| ~ drop | let fall to the ground.; "Don't drop the dishes" |
| ~ plummet, plump | drop sharply.; "The stock market plummeted" |
| ~ flump, flump down | fall heavily. |
| ~ decline | go down.; "The roof declines here" |
| v. (change) | 12. drop | go down in value.; "Stock prices dropped" |
| ~ wane, go down, decline | grow smaller.; "Interest in the project waned" |
| ~ fall off, slump, sink | fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly.; "The real estate market fell off" |
| ~ tumble | fall suddenly and sharply.; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency" |
| v. (motion) | 13. drop, drop down, sink | fall or descend to a lower place or level.; "He sank to his knees" |
| ~ fall off, slump, sink | fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly.; "The real estate market fell off" |
| ~ drop | let fall to the ground.; "Don't drop the dishes" |
| ~ drop open, fall open | open involuntarily.; "His mouth dropped open"; "Her jaw dropped" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ droop, sag, swag, flag | droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness. |
| ~ sag down, sag | cause to sag.; "The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably" |
| v. (social) | 14. drop | terminate an association with.; "drop him from the Republican ticket" |
| ~ remove | remove from a position or an office. |
| ~ send away, send packing, dismiss, drop | stop associating with.; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" |
| v. (communication) | 15. drop | utter with seeming casualness.; "drop a hint"; "drop names" |
| ~ give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize | articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise.; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" |
| v. (change) | 16. drop, knock off | stop pursuing or acting.; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!" |
| ~ nol.pros., nolle pros, nolle prosequi | drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records.; "They nolle prossed the charge" |
| ~ cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up | put an end to a state or an activity.; "Quit teasing your little brother" |
| v. (contact) | 17. discharge, drop, drop off, put down, set down, unload | leave or unload.; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel" |
| ~ deliver | bring to a destination, make a delivery.; "our local super market delivers" |
| ~ wharf | discharge at a wharf.; "wharf the passengers" |
| ~ air-drop | drop (an object) from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter. |
| v. (contact) | 18. cut down, drop, fell, strike down | cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow.; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" |
| ~ chop down | cut down.; "George chopped down the cherry tree" |
| ~ poleax, poleaxe | fell with or as if with a poleax. |
| ~ log, lumber | cut lumber, as in woods and forests. |
| ~ cut | fell by sawing; hew.; "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| v. (competition) | 19. drop | lose (a game).; "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13" |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ lose | fail to win.; "We lost the battle but we won the war" |
| v. (possession) | 20. drop, expend, spend | pay out.; "spend money" |
| ~ deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eat | use up (resources or materials).; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
| ~ ware, squander, consume, waste | spend extravagantly.; "waste not, want not" |
| ~ afford | be able to spare or give up.; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person" |
| ~ pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" |
| ~ blow | spend lavishly or wastefully on.; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater" |
| ~ trifle away, wanton away, wanton | spend wastefully.; "wanton one's money away" |
| ~ underspend | spend at less than the normal rate. |
| ~ misspend | spend (money or other resources) unwisely. |
| ~ nickel-and-dime, penny-pinch | spend money frugally; spend as little as possible. |
| ~ invest, commit, put, place | make an investment.; "Put money into bonds" |
| ~ economise, economize, save | spend sparingly, avoid the waste of.; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" |
| ~ lay out | spend or invest.; "lay out thousands on gold"; "he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit" |
| ~ piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton, wanton away | waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently. |
| ~ misspend | spend time badly or unwisely.; "He misspent his youth" |
| v. (change) | 21. drop, flatten | lower the pitch of (musical notes). |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (stative) | 22. dangle, drop, swing | hang freely.; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling" |
| ~ hang | be suspended or hanging.; "The flag hung on the wall" |
| ~ loll, droop | hang loosely or laxly.; "His tongue lolled" |
| v. (social) | 23. dismiss, drop, send away, send packing | stop associating with.; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" |
| ~ give notice, give the axe, give the sack, can, force out, sack, send away, displace, dismiss, fire, terminate | terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" |
| ~ drop | terminate an association with.; "drop him from the Republican ticket" |
| v. (contact) | 24. dribble, drip, drop | let or cause to fall in drops.; "dribble oil into the mixture" |
| ~ pour | cause to run.; "pour water over the floor" |
| ~ drip | fall in drops.; "Water is dripping from the faucet" |
| v. (contact) | 25. cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off | get rid of.; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" |
| ~ exuviate, molt, moult, slough, shed | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.; "our dog sheds every Spring" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ abscise | shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue. |
| ~ exfoliate | cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters. |
| ~ autotomise, autotomize | cause a body part to undergo autotomy. |
| v. (consumption) | 26. drop | take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth.; "She dropped acid when she was a teenager" |
| ~ do drugs, drug | use recreational drugs. |
| v. (cognition) | 27. drop | omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing.; " New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's" |
| ~ elide | leave or strike out.; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant" |
| v. (cognition) | 28. drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit | leave undone or leave out.; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" |
| ~ forget | forget to do something.; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!" |
| ~ pass over, skip, skip over, jump | bypass.; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" |
| v. (change) | 29. drop | change from one level to another.; "She dropped into army jargon" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (change) | 30. drop | fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death.; "shop til you drop" |
| ~ fall | pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind.; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" |
| v. (body) | 31. degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop | grow worse.; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" |
| ~ fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall | lose interest or become bored with something or somebody.; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" |
| ~ languish, fade | become feeble.; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" |
| ~ rot, waste | become physically weaker.; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" |
| ~ decline, worsen | grow worse.; "Conditions in the slum worsened" |
| v. (body) | 32. drop | give birth; used for animals.; "The cow dropped her calf this morning" |
| ~ birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| fall | | |
| n. (time) | 1. autumn, fall | the season when the leaves fall from the trees.; "in the fall of 1973" |
| ~ indian summer, saint martin's summer | a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn. |
| ~ autumnal equinox, fall equinox, september equinox | September 22. |
| ~ time of year, season | one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions.; "the regular sequence of the seasons" |
| n. (act) | 2. fall, spill, tumble | a sudden drop from an upright position.; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" |
| ~ pratfall | a fall onto your buttocks. |
| ~ wipeout | a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard). |
| ~ trip, slip | an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall.; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" |
| n. (event) | 3. fall | the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve.; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall" |
| ~ event | something that happens at a given place and time. |
| n. (object) | 4. declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall | a downward slope or bend. |
| ~ downhill | the downward slope of a hill. |
| ~ incline, slope, side | an elevated geological formation.; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" |
| ~ steep | a steep place (as on a hill). |
| n. (act) | 5. fall | a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity.; "a fall from virtue" |
| ~ sinning, sin | an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will. |
| n. (event) | 6. downfall, fall | a sudden decline in strength or number or importance.; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg" |
| ~ weakening | becoming weaker. |
| ~ anticlimax | a disappointing decline after a previous rise.; "the anticlimax of a brilliant career" |
| n. (event) | 7. fall | a movement downward.; "the rise and fall of the tides" |
| ~ change of location, travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something. |
| n. (act) | 8. capitulation, fall, surrender | the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions).; "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" |
| ~ loss | the act of losing someone or something.; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock" |
| n. (time) | 9. crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight | the time of day immediately following sunset.; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" |
| ~ even, evening, eventide, eve | the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall).; "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" |
| ~ night | a shortening of nightfall.; "they worked from morning to night" |
| ~ time of day, hour | clock time.; "the hour is getting late" |
| n. (event) | 10. fall, pin | when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat. |
| ~ wrestling match | a match between wrestlers. |
| ~ takedown | (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position.; "a takedown counts two points" |
| ~ triumph, victory | a successful ending of a struggle or contest.; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense" |
| v. (motion) | 11. fall | descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ come down, precipitate, fall | fall from clouds.; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" |
| v. (motion) | 12. come down, descend, fall, go down | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| ~ prolapse | slip or fall out of place, as of body parts.; "prolapsed rectum" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ abseil, rappel, rope down | lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside.; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing" |
| ~ dismount, unhorse, get down, light, get off | alight from (a horse). |
| ~ avalanche, roll down | gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow. |
| ~ dive, plunge, plunk | drop steeply.; "the stock market plunged" |
| ~ go under, go down, set | disappear beyond the horizon.; "the sun sets early these days" |
| ~ slump, correct, decline | go down in value.; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped" |
| ~ precipitate | fall vertically, sharply, or headlong.; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin" |
| ~ subside, sink | descend into or as if into some soft substance or place.; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" |
| ~ crash | fall or come down violently.; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea" |
| ~ flop | fall suddenly and abruptly. |
| ~ topple, tumble | fall down, as if collapsing.; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it" |
| ~ drop | to fall vertically.; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets" |
| ~ plop | drop with the sound of something falling into water. |
| ~ pitch | fall or plunge forward.; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony" |
| ~ climb down, alight | come down.; "the birds alighted" |
| ~ go under, go down, sink, settle | go under,.; "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" |
| ~ pounce, swoop | move down on as if in an attack.; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students" |
| ~ drip | fall in drops.; "Water is dripping from the faucet" |
| ~ cascade, cascade down | rush down in big quantities, like a cascade. |
| v. (change) | 13. fall | pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind.; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ drop | fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death.; "shop til you drop" |
| ~ fall in love | begin to experience feelings of love towards.; "She fell in love with her former student" |
| ~ drop away, fall away, slip, drop off | get worse.; "My grades are slipping" |
| ~ come apart, break, fall apart, split up, separate | become separated into pieces or fragments.; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
| ~ crumble, fall apart | break or fall apart into fragments.; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling" |
| ~ fall behind, recede, drop off, fall back, lose | retreat. |
| ~ lag, fall back, fall behind, dawdle | hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.. |
| ~ fall flat, fall through, founder, flop | fail utterly; collapse.; "The project foundered" |
| ~ fall for | be deceived, duped, or entrapped by.; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story" |
| v. (stative) | 14. come, fall | come under, be classified or included.; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (weather) | 15. come down, fall, precipitate | fall from clouds.; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" |
| ~ condense, distil, distill | undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops.; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" |
| ~ fall | descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse" |
| ~ rain, rain down | precipitate as rain.; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" |
| ~ spat | come down like raindrops.; "Bullets were spatting down on us" |
| ~ snow | fall as snow.; "It was snowing all night" |
| ~ hail | precipitate as small ice particles.; "It hailed for an hour" |
| ~ sleet | precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow.; "If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet" |
| v. (social) | 16. fall | suffer defeat, failure, or ruin.; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside" |
| ~ go wrong, miscarry, fail | be unsuccessful.; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" |
| v. (stative) | 17. fall | die, as in battle or in a hunt.; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| ~ fall | be captured.; "The cities fell to the enemy" |
| ~ fall | lose office or power.; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen" |
| v. (stative) | 18. fall, shine, strike | touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| v. (possession) | 19. fall | be captured.; "The cities fell to the enemy" |
| ~ yield | cease opposition; stop fighting. |
| ~ fall | die, as in battle or in a hunt.; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" |
| v. (change) | 20. fall | occur at a specified time or place.; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| ~ fall | be due.; "payments fall on the 1st of the month" |
| v. (change) | 21. decrease, diminish, fall, lessen | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| ~ break | diminish or discontinue abruptly.; "The patient's fever broke last night" |
| ~ shrivel, shrink | decrease in size, range, or extent.; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" |
| ~ taper | diminish gradually.; "Interested tapered off" |
| ~ drop off | fall or diminish.; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test" |
| ~ vaporize, vanish, fly | decrease rapidly and disappear.; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" |
| ~ break | fall sharply.; "stock prices broke" |
| ~ ease off, slacken off, ease up, flag | become less intense. |
| ~ change magnitude | change in size or magnitude. |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| ~ boil down, decoct, concentrate, reduce | be cooked until very little liquid is left.; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" |
| ~ shrink, contract | become smaller or draw together.; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" |
| ~ shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither | wither, as with a loss of moisture.; "The fruit dried and shriveled" |
| ~ die away, let up, slack off, abate, slack | become less in amount or intensity.; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| ~ deflate | become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air.; "The balloons deflated" |
| ~ dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down | become smaller or lose substance.; "Her savings dwindled down" |
| ~ remit | diminish or abate.; "The pain finally remitted" |
| ~ de-escalate | diminish in size, scope, or intensity.; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time" |
| ~ devaluate, depreciate, devalue, undervalue | lose in value.; "The dollar depreciated again" |
| ~ shorten | become short or shorter.; "In winter, the days shorten" |
| ~ thin out | become sparser.; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out" |
| ~ wane, go down, decline | grow smaller.; "Interest in the project waned" |
| ~ wane | decrease in phase.; "the moon is waning" |
| ~ wane | become smaller.; "Interest in his novels waned" |
| ~ decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard | lose velocity; move more slowly.; "The car decelerated" |
| ~ decrescendo | grow quieter.; "The music decrescendoes here" |
| v. (social) | 22. fall | yield to temptation or sin.; "Adam and Eve fell" |
| ~ sin, transgress, trespass | commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law. |
| ~ fall | lose one's chastity.; "a fallen woman" |
| ~ fall | lose one's chastity.; "a fallen woman" |
| v. (social) | 23. fall | lose office or power.; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen" |
| ~ leave office, step down, quit, resign | give up or retire from a position.; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" |
| ~ fall | die, as in battle or in a hunt.; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" |
| v. (possession) | 24. fall | to be given by assignment or distribution.; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student" |
| ~ light, fall | fall to somebody by assignment or lot.; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" |
| ~ fall | to be given by right or inheritance.; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter" |
| v. (motion) | 25. fall | move in a specified direction.; "The line of men fall forward" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| v. (stative) | 26. fall | be due.; "payments fall on the 1st of the month" |
| ~ fall | occur at a specified time or place.; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (social) | 27. fall | lose one's chastity.; "a fallen woman" |
| ~ fall | yield to temptation or sin.; "Adam and Eve fell" |
| ~ fall | yield to temptation or sin.; "Adam and Eve fell" |
| v. (possession) | 28. fall | to be given by right or inheritance.; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter" |
| ~ fall | to be given by assignment or distribution.; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student" |
| v. (possession) | 29. accrue, fall | come into the possession of.; "The house accrued to the oldest son" |
| ~ change hands, change owners | be transferred to another owner.; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year" |
| ~ devolve, return, fall, pass | be inherited by.; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" |
| ~ light, fall | fall to somebody by assignment or lot.; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" |
| v. (possession) | 30. fall, light | fall to somebody by assignment or lot.; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" |
| ~ devolve, return, fall, pass | be inherited by.; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" |
| ~ accrue, fall | come into the possession of.; "The house accrued to the oldest son" |
| ~ fall | to be given by assignment or distribution.; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student" |
| v. (possession) | 31. devolve, fall, pass, return | be inherited by.; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" |
| ~ change hands, change owners | be transferred to another owner.; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year" |
| ~ light, fall | fall to somebody by assignment or lot.; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" |
| ~ accrue, fall | come into the possession of.; "The house accrued to the oldest son" |
| v. (motion) | 32. fall | slope downward.; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean" |
| ~ slope, incline, pitch | be at an angle.; "The terrain sloped down" |
| v. (motion) | 33. fall, fall down | lose an upright position suddenly.; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ fall | drop oneself to a lower or less erect position.; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees" |
| v. (motion) | 34. fall | drop oneself to a lower or less erect position.; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ fall down, fall | lose an upright position suddenly.; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead" |
| v. (contact) | 35. fall, flow, hang | fall or flow in a certain way.; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back" |
| v. (change) | 36. fall | assume a disappointed or sad expression.; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ fall | be cast down.; "his eyes fell" |
| v. (change) | 37. fall | be cast down.; "his eyes fell" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ fall | assume a disappointed or sad expression.; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell" |
| v. (change) | 38. fall | come out; issue.; "silly phrases fell from her mouth" |
| ~ come forth, egress, emerge, go forth, come out, issue | come out of.; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves" |
| v. (change) | 39. fall | be born, used chiefly of lambs.; "The lambs fell in the afternoon" |
| ~ be born | come into existence through birth.; "She was born on a farm" |
| v. (change) | 40. fall | begin vigorously.; "The prisoners fell to work right away" |
| ~ begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" |
| v. (change) | 41. fall | go as if by falling.; "Grief fell from our hearts" |
| ~ descend, settle, fall | come as if by falling.; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" |
| ~ disappear, vanish, go away | get lost, as without warning or explanation.; "He disappeared without a trace" |
| v. (change) | 42. descend, fall, settle | come as if by falling.; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" |
| ~ come | come to pass; arrive, as in due course.; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" |
| ~ fall | go as if by falling.; "Grief fell from our hearts" |
| fall down | | |
| flunk | | |
| n. (act) | 1. failing, flunk | failure to reach a minimum required performance.; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report" |
| ~ failure | an act that fails.; "his failure to pass the test" |
| v. (social) | 2. bomb, fail, flunk, flush it | fail to get a passing grade.; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?" |
| ~ fail | fall short in what is expected.; "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust" |
| ~ fail | judge unacceptable.; "The teacher failed six students" |
| plunge | | |
| n. (act) | 1. dip, plunge | a brief swim in water. |
| ~ swim, swimming | the act of swimming.; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most"; "they took a short swim in the pool" |
| n. (event) | 2. plunge | a steep and rapid fall. |
| ~ drop, fall | a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity.; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height" |
| v. (contact) | 3. immerse, plunge | thrust or throw into.; "Immerse yourself in hot water" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ dip, dunk, souse, douse, plunge | immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" |
| ~ dip | plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container.; "He dipped into his pocket" |
| ~ dip | immerse in a disinfectant solution.; "dip the sheep" |
| ~ submerse, submerge | put under water.; "submerge your head completely" |
| ~ soak | submerge in a liquid.; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour" |
| ~ sheathe | plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh. |
| v. (motion) | 4. dive, plunge, plunk | drop steeply.; "the stock market plunged" |
| ~ power-dive | make a power dive.; "The airplane power-dived" |
| ~ nosedive | plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft. |
| ~ duck | submerge or plunge suddenly. |
| ~ crash-dive | descend steeply and rapidly. |
| ~ chute, parachute, jump | jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute. |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| ~ dump, plunge | fall abruptly.; "It plunged to the bottom of the well" |
| v. (motion) | 5. plunge | dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity.; "She plunged at it eagerly" |
| ~ launch, plunge | begin with vigor.; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure" |
| ~ dash, scoot, scud, dart, flash, shoot | run or move very quickly or hastily.; "She dashed into the yard" |
| v. (change) | 6. launch, plunge | begin with vigor.; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure" |
| ~ begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" |
| ~ plunge | dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity.; "She plunged at it eagerly" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. immerse, plunge | cause to be immersed.; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text" |
| ~ engross, engulf, steep, immerse, soak up, absorb, plunge | devote (oneself) fully to.; "He immersed himself into his studies" |
| ~ engross, engulf, steep, immerse, soak up, absorb, plunge | devote (oneself) fully to.; "He immersed himself into his studies" |
| v. (motion) | 8. dump, plunge | fall abruptly.; "It plunged to the bottom of the well" |
| ~ dive, plunge, plunk | drop steeply.; "the stock market plunged" |
| ~ drop | to fall vertically.; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets" |
| v. (contact) | 9. dip, douse, dunk, plunge, souse | immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" |
| ~ sop | dip into liquid.; "sop bread into the sauce" |
| ~ immerse, plunge | thrust or throw into.; "Immerse yourself in hot water" |
| ~ douse, duck, dip | dip into a liquid.; "He dipped into the pool" |
| ~ dabble | dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid. |
| v. (cognition) | 10. absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep | devote (oneself) fully to.; "He immersed himself into his studies" |
| ~ immerse, plunge | cause to be immersed.; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text" |
| ~ focus, pore, rivet, center, centre, concentrate | direct one's attention on something.; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" |
| ~ drink in, drink | be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to.; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage" |
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