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Fall

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; the mercury falls in the barometer.

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Verb group 16

Accrue 84% connected

To increase; to augment.

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Accrue 84% connected

To increase; to augment.

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Descend 84% connected

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;…

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Descend 84% connected

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;…

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Devolve 84% connected

To roll onward or downward; to pass on.

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Devolve 84% connected

To roll onward or downward; to pass on.

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Light 84% 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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Light 84% 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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Pass 84% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Pass 84% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Precipitate 84% connected

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

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Precipitate 84% connected

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

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Return 84% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Return 84% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Settle 84% connected

A seat of any kind.

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Settle 84% connected

A seat of any kind.

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Manner of action 59

Abate 76% connected

To beat down; to overthrow.

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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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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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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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Concentrate 76% connected

To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of li…

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Contract 76% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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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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Decoct 76% connected

To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.

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Decrescendo 76% connected

With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sig…

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Deflate 76% connected

To reduce from an inflated condition.

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Depreciate 76% connected

To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.

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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…

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Dwindle 76% connected

To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.

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Flag 76% connected

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

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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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Fly 76% connected

To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

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Hail 76% 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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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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Rain 76% connected

Reign.

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Rappel 76% connected

The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.

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Reduce 76% connected

To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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Remit 76% connected

To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

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Retard 76% connected

To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of…

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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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Shorten 76% connected

To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.

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Shrink 76% connected

To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.

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Shrivel 76% connected

To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with…

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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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Slack 76% connected

Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

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Sleet 76% connected

The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

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Slow 76% connected

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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Slump 76% connected

The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

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Snow 76% connected

A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

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Spat 76% connected

imp. of Spit.

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Storm 76% connected

A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or h…

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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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Taper 76% connected

A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.

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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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Undervalue 76% connected

To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate.

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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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Vanish 76% connected

To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a shi…

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Vaporize 76% connected

To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.

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Wane 76% connected

To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.

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Weaken 76% connected

To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

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Wither 76% connected

To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Begin 76% connected

To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Choke 76% connected

To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

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Come 76% connected

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Commence 76% connected

To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

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Croak 76% connected

To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.

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Decease 76% connected

Departure, especially departure from this life; death.

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Decrease 76% connected

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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Decrement 76% connected

The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.

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Descent 76% connected

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

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Devolve 76% connected

To roll onward or downward; to pass on.

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Die 76% connected

of Dice

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Disappear 76% connected

To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the appr…

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Egress 76% connected

The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.

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Emerge 76% connected

To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from…

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Exit 76% connected

He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.

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Expire 76% connected

To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.

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Fail 76% connected

To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Gravitation 76% connected

The act of gravitating.

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Hap 76% connected

To clothe; to wrap.

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Happen 76% connected

To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

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Hour 76% connected

The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

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Incline 76% connected

To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to…

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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Loss 76% connected

The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.

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Miscarry 76% connected

To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.

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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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Occur 76% connected

To meet; to clash.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Perish 76% connected

To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.

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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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Quit 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

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Resign 76% connected

To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; t…

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Season 76% connected

One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., ca…

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Side 76% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Sin 76% connected

Old form of Since.

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Sinning 76% connected

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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Slope 76% connected

An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface t…

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Start 76% connected

To leap; to jump.

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Transgress 76% connected

To pass over or beyond; to surpass.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Trespass 76% connected

To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.

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Trip 76% connected

To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.

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Triumph 76% connected

A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Vanish 76% connected

To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a shi…

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Vary 76% connected

To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…

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Victory 76% connected

The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph;…

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Weakening 76% connected

of Weaken

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Yield 76% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 14

Anticlimax 76% connected

A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Correction 76% connected

The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Downhill 76% connected

Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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Lightening 76% connected

of Lighten

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Night 76% connected

That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when ther…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Precipitation 76% connected

The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Set 76% connected

of Set

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shower 76% connected

One who shows or exhibits.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sinking 76% connected

of Sink

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slide 76% connected

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Steep 76% connected

Bright; glittering; fiery.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 26

Autumnal 74% connected

Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autu…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Autumnal 74% connected

Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autu…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Decline 74% 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.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Decline 74% 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.

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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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.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Downfall 74% connected

A sudden fall; a body of things falling.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Downfall 74% connected

A sudden fall; a body of things falling.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Faller 74% connected

One who, or that which, falls.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Faller 74% connected

One who, or that which, falls.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lessen 74% connected

To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, ran…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Lessen 74% connected

To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, ran…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Precipitation 74% connected

The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Precipitation 74% connected

The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Spill 74% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Spill 74% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tip 74% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tip 74% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Topple 74% connected

To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Topple 74% connected

To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tumble 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tumble 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Entails 3

Condense 72% connected

To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Distil 72% connected

See Distill.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Distill 72% connected

To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Containing whole 4

Eve 70% connected

Evening.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Even 70% connected

Evening. See Eve, n. 1.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Evening 70% connected

of Even

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Eventide 70% connected

The time of evening; evening.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See also 18

Break 66% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Break 66% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crumble 66% connected

To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crumble 66% connected

To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dawdle 66% connected

To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dawdle 66% connected

To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flop 66% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flop 66% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Founder 66% connected

One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Founder 66% connected

One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lag 66% connected

Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lag 66% connected

Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recede 66% connected

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recede 66% connected

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Separate 66% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Separate 66% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slip 66% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slip 66% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 38

Accrue 92% connected

To increase; to augment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Autumn 92% connected

The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate z…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Capitulation 92% connected

A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Come 92% connected

of Come

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crepuscle 92% connected

Alt. of Crepuscule

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crepuscule 92% connected

Twilight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Declension 92% connected

The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Declination 92% connected

The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Decline 92% 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.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Declivity 92% connected

Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, consid…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Decrease 92% connected

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Descend 92% connected

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;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Descent 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Devolve 92% connected

To roll onward or downward; to pass on.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Diminish 92% connected

To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dip 92% connected

To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Downfall 92% connected

A sudden fall; a body of things falling.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drop 92% 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 68% interchangeable

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Dusk 92% connected

Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Evenfall 92% connected

Beginning of evening.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flow 92% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gloam 92% connected

To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gloaming 92% connected

Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hang 92% connected

To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

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.

Lessen 92% connected

To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, ran…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Light 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nightfall 92% connected

The close of the day.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pass 92% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pin 92% connected

To peen.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Precipitate 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Return 92% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Settle 92% connected

A seat of any kind.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shine 92% connected

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spill 92% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Strike 92% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Surrender 92% connected

To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy…

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.

Tumble 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Twilight 92% connected

The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18? below the horizon, occasioned by the illum…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Near synonym 1

Decrease 94% connected

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

ad editorial 2026 08 general 82% interchangeable

Prefer fall for an intransitive change: prices fall; decrease can also take an object.

Antonym 4

Ascend 94% connected

To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ascend 94% connected

To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ascent 94% connected

The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Ascent 94% connected

The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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