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descent

Roget category 306

2. Words relating to space
2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.4. Motion with reference to direction

#306. [Motion downwards] Descent

noun

descent, descension, declension, declinationfallfalling etc. v. — slumpdrop, plunge, plummet, cadencesubsidence, collapse, lapsedownfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurchcropper, culbutetitubation, stumblefate of Icarus.
avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide.
declivity, dip, hill.
[equipment for descending by rappeling] rappel.

verb

descendgo down, drop down, come downfall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settleplunge, plummet, crashdecline, set, sink, droop, come down a pegslump.
dismount, alight, light, get downswoopstoop etc. 308fall prostrate, precipitate oneselflet fall etc. 308.
tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble downtilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.

adjective

descending etc. v. — descendentdecurrent, decursive labent, deciduousnodding to its fall.

adverb

downhill, downwards.

phrase

the bottom fell out.

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