vverb.motionmove downward and lower, but not necessarily all the waySynset:descend fall go down
Examples:- The temperature is going down
- The barometer is falling
- The curtain fell on the diva
- Her hand went up and then fell again
Antonyms:ascendrise
Derivationally Related Form:descendentdescentfalldescendant
Hypernyms:go locomote move travel
Inherited Hypernyms:descendtravel
Direct Hyponyms:abseilalightavalanchecascadecascade downclimb downcorrectcrashdeclinedismountdivedripdropflopget downget offgo downgo underlightpitchplopplungeplunkpounceprecipitateprolapserappelroll downrope downsetsettlesinkslumpsubsideswooptoppletumbleunhorse
Full Troponyms:alightavalanchebelly-flopcascadechutecrashcrash-divedeclinedipdivedripdropdrownduckflopflumpfounderjackknifekeel overnosedivepitchplopplummetplungepouncepower-diveprecipitateprolapserappelsetsinksky divestoopsubmergesubsidetumbleunhorse
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | The airplane is sure to --- (apply to: go down, come down, fall, descend)
vverb.changebe the essential elementSynset:boil down reduce
Examples:- The proposal boils down to a compromise
Derivationally Related Form:reducible
Hypernyms:become turn
Inherited Hypernyms:reducebecometransformchange
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP
vverb.weatherfall from cloudsSynset:fall precipitate
Examples:- rain, snow and sleet were falling
- Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum
Derivationally Related Form:precipitation
Inherited Hypernyms:precipitate
Direct Hyponyms:hailrainrain downsleetsnowspat
Entailment:condense distil distill
Full Troponyms:drizzlehailpourrainsheetshowersleetsluicesnowspatsprinkle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s
vverb.bodyget sickSynset:sicken
Examples:- She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital
Hypernyms:decline worsen
Inherited Hypernyms:sickenworsenchange statechange
Direct Hyponyms:cankercontractgettakewan
Full Troponyms:cankercatchcatch coldcontractwan
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.communicationcriticize or reprimand harshlyExamples:- The critics came down hard on the new play
Hypernyms:criticise criticize knock pick apart
Inherited Hypernyms:come downknockcommentnotestateexpress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP