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Descend

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend.

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Verb group 8

Derive 84% connected

To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into…

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Derive 84% connected

To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Fall 84% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Fall 84% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hail 84% connected

Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are calle…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hail 84% connected

Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are calle…

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Broader term 6

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Come 76% connected

of Come

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Relate 76% connected

To bring back; to restore.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Manner of action 27

Alight 76% connected

To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.

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Avalanche 76% connected

A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.

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Cascade 76% connected

A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.

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Correct 76% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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Crash 76% connected

To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.

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Decline 76% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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Dismount 76% connected

To come down; to descend.

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Dive 76% connected

To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.

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Drip 76% connected

To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flop 76% connected

To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.

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Light 76% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Pitch 76% connected

A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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Plunge 76% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

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Pounce 76% connected

A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.

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Precipitate 76% connected

Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.

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Prolapse 76% connected

The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum.

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Rappel 76% connected

The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Settle 76% connected

A seat of any kind.

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Sink 76% connected

To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and…

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Slump 76% connected

The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

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Subside 76% connected

To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

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Swoop 76% connected

To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.

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Topple 76% connected

To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.

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Tumble 76% connected

To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.

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Unhorse 76% connected

To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount; also, to take a horse or horses from; as, to unhorse a rider; to unhorse a carriage.

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Derivationally related 6

Descendent 74% connected

Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Descendent 74% connected

Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Descent 74% connected

The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Descent 74% connected

The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

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Synonym 6

Come 92% connected

of Come

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Condescend 92% connected

To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deign 92% connected

To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; -- opposed to disdain.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Derive 92% connected

To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fall 92% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Settle 92% connected

A seat of any kind.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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