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, declination — fall — falling etc. v. — slump — drop, plunge, plummet, cadence — subsidence, collapse, lapse — downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch — cropper, culbute^† — titubation^†, stumble — fate of Icarus.
avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide.
declivity, dip, hill.
[equipment for descending by rappeling] rappel.

verb

descend — go down, drop down, come down — fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle — plunge, plummet, crash — decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg — slump.
dismount, alight, light, get down — swoop — stoop etc. 308 — fall prostrate, precipitate oneself — let fall etc. 308.
tumble, trip, stumble, titubate^†, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down — tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.

adjective

descending etc. v. — descendent — decurrent^†, decursive^† — labent^†, deciduous — nodding to its fall.

adverb

downhill, downwards.

phrase

the bottom fell out.

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