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Slump

The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

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Verb group 4

Drop 84% 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 50% interchangeable

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Drop 84% 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 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Sink 84% 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…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sink 84% 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…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 14

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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Collapse 76% connected

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crisis 76% connected

The point of time when it is to be decided whether any affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the decisive moment; the t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Declension 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Descend 76% 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 0% interchangeable

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Deterioration 76% connected

The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Droop 76% connected

To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

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

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Fall 76% 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 0% interchangeable

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Flag 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Founder 76% 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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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sag 76% connected

To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Swag 76% connected

To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Slouch 74% connected

A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat br…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Slouch 74% connected

A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat br…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Correct 92% 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…

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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Depression 92% connected

The act of depressing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sink 92% 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…

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.

Slack 92% connected

Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

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.

Slouch 92% connected

A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat br…

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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