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| Main Entry: |
dive
 [dahyv] 
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
Example Sentences
- The dove sat in the tree's branches, as loud as a used-car commercial.
- It is an amazing end to an amazing evolutionary story-Deinonychus into dove.
- The plane didn't have a lot of speed and dove off the edge of the ship.
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | fall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend; become lower |
| Synonyms: | abate, backslide, be precipitated, break down, buckle, cascade, cave in, collapse, crash, decline, decrease, depreciate, diminish, dip, dive, drag, droop, drop down, dwindle, ease, ebb, flag, flop, fold up, go down, gravitate, hit the dirt, keel over, land, lapse, lessen, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunge, recede, regress, relapse, settle, sink, slip, slope, slump, spin, stumble, subside, take a header, tip over, topple, totter, trail, trip, tumble, wane |
| Antonyms: | ascend, climb, go up, rise, scale |
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take to the air, usually employing wings |
| Synonyms: | aviate, barnstorm, bend the throttle, buzz*, circle, circumnavigate, climb, control, cross, dart, dash, dive, drift, flat-hat, fleet, flit, float, flutter, glide, hop, hover, hurry, jet, jet out, jet over, maneuver, mount, operate, pilot, reach, remain aloft, rush, sail, scud, seagull, shoot, skim, skirt, sky out, soar, speed, swoop, take a hop, take flight, take off, take wing, travel, whisk, whiz*, whoosh, wing in, wing*, zip, zoom* |
| Antonyms: | land, stay on ground, walk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gray/grey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | muted silver in color |
| Synonyms: | ash, ashen, battleship, cinereal, clouded, dingy, dove, drab, dusky, dusty, granite, heather, iron, lead, leaden, livid, mousy, neutral, oyster, pearly, peppery, powder, sere, shaded, silvered, silvery, slate, smoky, somber, stone |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leap, spring |
| Synonyms: | bail out, barge, bob, bounce, bound, buck, canter, caper, clear, curvet, dive, drop, fall, gambol, hop, hurdle, hurtle, jerk, jiggle, jounce, lollop, lop, lunge, lurch, parachute, plummet, pop, quiver, rattle, ricochet, saltate, shake, skip, sky, somersault, surge, take, top, trip, vault, waver, wobble |
| Main Entry: | pacifist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peace-lover |
| Synonyms: | antiwar demonstrator, conscientious objector, dove, passive resister, peacemaker, peacemonger, peacenik |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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