Sink+or+hang+down

  • 31Declined — Decline De*cline , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Declining}.] [OE. declinen to bend down, lower, sink, decline (a noun), F. d[ e]cliner to decline, refuse, fr. L. declinare to turn aside, inflect (a part of speech), avoid; de + …

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  • 32Declining — Decline De*cline , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Declining}.] [OE. declinen to bend down, lower, sink, decline (a noun), F. d[ e]cliner to decline, refuse, fr. L. declinare to turn aside, inflect (a part of speech), avoid; de + …

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  • 33fall — [c]/fɔl / (say fawl) verb (fell, fallen, falling) –verb (i) 1. to descend from a higher to a lower place or position through loss or lack of support; drop. 2. to come down suddenly from a standing or erect position: to fall on one s knees. 3. to… …

  • 34droop — /drup / (say droohp) verb (i) 1. to sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness or exhaustion. 2. Poetic to sink; descend, as the sun. 3. to fall into a state of physical weakness; flag; fail. 4. to lose spirit or courage. –verb (t) 5. to let sink …

  • 35lē̆ b-, lō̆ b-, lāb-, leb- —     lē̆ b , lō̆ b , lāb , leb     English meaning: to hang down loosely; lip     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlaff herabhängen”, also “Lippe” (?)     Note: partly with anlaut. s ; besides, but less frequent, often (see in addition lep “peel” am… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 36flow — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, Brownian movement, abound, abundance, accrue from, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion, air flow, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, angular motion, appropriateness, arise, arise from, ascend,… …

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  • 37dejection — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Sadness Nouns 1. dejection, dejectedness, depression; lowness or depression of spirits; weight or damp on the spirits; low, bad, drooping, or depressed spirits; sinking heart, heaviness of heart;… …

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  • 38droop — v. & n. v. 1 intr. & tr. hang or allow to hang down; languish, decline, or sag, esp. from weariness. 2 intr. a (of the eyes) look downwards. b poet. (of the sun) sink. 3 intr. lose heart; be dejected; flag. n. 1 a drooping attitude. 2 a loss of… …

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  • 39fall — [[t]fɔl[/t]] v. fell, fall•en, fall•ing, n. 1) to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support 2) to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, esp. to leave a standing or erect position… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 40flag — Synonyms and related words: Dannebrog, Jolly Roger, Old Glory, Star Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes, Tarmac, Tarvia, Union Flag, Union Jack, abate, adobe, and blue, ashlar, asphalt, banderole, banner, banneret, bead, beat, beat the drum,… …

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