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fall off
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decline |
| Synonyms: | decrease, diminish, lessen, slump, wane |
| Main Entry: | decline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | downward change in value, position |
| Synonyms: | declivity, decrease, depression, descent, dip, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall-off, hill, incline, lapse, loss, lowering, pitch, sag, slide, slip, slope, slump |
| Antonyms: | ascent, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | decline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lessen, become less |
| Synonyms: | abate, backslide, cheapen, decay, decrease, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, disimprove, disintegrate, droop, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fail, fall, fall off, flag, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, languish, lapse, lose value, lower, pine, recede, relapse, retrograde, return, revert, rot, sag, settle, shrink, sink, slide, subside, wane, weaken, worsen |
| Antonyms: | improve, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | decrease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow less or make less |
| Synonyms: | abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, devaluate, die down, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dry up, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lose edge, lower, modify, narrow down, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, run low, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slack off, slacken, slash, slow down, slump, soften, subside, tail off, wane, waste, weaken, wear away, wear down, wither |
| Antonyms: | add, develop, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | degenerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decay, deteriorate |
| Synonyms: | backslide, come apart at seams, corrode, corrupt, decline, decrease, deprave, descend, die on vine, disimprove, disintegrate, fall off, go downhill, go to pieces, go to the dogs, lapse, lessen, regress, retrogress, return, revert, rot, sink, slip, vitiate, worsen |
| Antonyms: | develop, improve |
| Main Entry: | diet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abstain from food |
| Synonyms: | count calories, eat sparingly, fall off, fast, go without, lose weight, reduce, skinny down, slim, slim down, starve, tighten belt, watch weight |
| Antonyms: | gorge, indulge |
| Main Entry: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression; decline |
| Synonyms: | basin, concavity, declivity, descent, downslide, downswing, downtrend, drop, fall, fall-off, hole, hollow, inclination, incline, lowering, pitch, sag, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, slip, slope, slump |
| Antonyms: | ascent, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decrease |
| Synonyms: | cut, decline, descent, deterioration, dip, downfall, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, fall, fall-off, landslide, lapse, lowering, precipitation, reduction, sag, slide, slip, slump, tumble, upset |
| Antonyms: | increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | drop off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decrease |
| Synonyms: | decline, diminish, dwindle, fall away, fall off, lessen, sag, slacken, slide, slip, slump |
| Antonyms: | go up, increase, rise |
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