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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend, usually going underwater |
| Synonyms: | belly flop, dip, disappear, drop, duck, fall, go headfirst, gutter, header, jump, leap, lunge, nose-dive, pitch, plumb, plummet, plunge, spring, submerge, swoop, vanish, vault |
| Antonyms: | ascend, go up, jump |
| Main Entry: | pacifist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peace-lover |
| Synonyms: | antiwar demonstrator, conscientious objector, dove, passive resister, peacemaker, peacemonger, peacenik |
| Main Entry: | gray |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silver |
| Synonyms: | ash, ashen, cinereal, clouded, dappled, dingy, dove, drab, dusky, dusty, grey, heather, iron, lead, leaden, livid, mousy, neutral, oyster, pearly, peppery, powder, sere, shaded, silvered, silvery, slate, smoky, somber, stone |
| Notes: | the distinction in spelling between British grey and American gray is recent, popping up in Samuel Johnson's dictionary |
| Main Entry: | Holy Ghost |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spirit of God |
| Synonyms: | Comforter, Dove, Holy Spirit, Intercessor, Paraclete, Spirit, presence of God, spirit of Truth |
| Main Entry: | Holy Spirit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | Holy Ghost |
| Synonyms: | Comforter, Dove, Intercessor, Paraclete, Spirit, presence of God, spirit of God, spirit of Truth |
| Main Entry: | crash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall |
| Synonyms: | bite the dust, bump, collapse, collide, crash-land, ditch, dive, drive into, drop, fall flat, fall headlong, fall prostrate, give way, go in, hurtle, lurch, meet, overbalance, overturn, pancake, pitch, plough into, plunge, prang, slip, smash, splash down, sprawl, topple, tumble, upset, washout |
| Main Entry: | descend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move down, lower a |
| Synonyms: | cascade, cataract, cave in, coast, collapse, crash, crouch, decline, deplane, detrain, dip, disembark, dismount, dive, dribble, drop, fall, fall prostrate, get down, get off, go down, gravitate, ground, incline, light, lose balance, penetrate, pitch, plop, plummet, plunge, prolapse, set, settle, sink, slant, slide, slip, slope, slough off, slump, stoop, stumble, submerge, subside, swoop, toboggan, topple, trickle, trip, tumble, weep |
| Antonyms: | ascend, go up, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let go of; fall |
| Synonyms: | abandon, bring down, cave in, collapse, decline, depress, descend, dive, duck, dump, fell, floor, flop, give up, go down, ground, keel over, knock, loosen, lower, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plump, plunge, release, relinquish, shed, shoot, sink, slide, slip, slump, topple, tumble, unload |
| Antonyms: | ascend, mount, rise, take up |
| Main Entry: | duck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop down; avoid |
| Synonyms: | bend, bob, bow, crouch, dip, dive, dodge, double, elude, escape, evade, fence, lower, lurch, move to side, parry, plunge, shirk, shun, shy, sidestep, stoop, submerge |
| Antonyms: | face, jump, meet |
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