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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plunge |
| Synonyms: | belly flop, descent, dive, duck, dunk, fall, high dive, immersion, investment, jump, nose-dive, pitch, spill, spree, submergence, submersion, swoop, tumble, venture |
| Main Entry: | dive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | descent, usually underwater |
| Synonyms: | belly flop, dash, dip, duck, ducking, fall, header headlong jump, leap, lunge, nosedive, pitch, plunge, spring, submergence, submersion, swoop |
| Antonyms: | ascent, jump |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leap |
| Synonyms: | bob, bounce, bound, buck, canter, caper, capriole, dance, dive, drop, fall, gambade, gambol, hop, hopping, hurdle, jar, jerk, jolt, leapfrog, leapfrogging, leaping, lurch, nosedive, plummet, plunge, pounce, rise, saltation, shock, skip, skipping, spring, start, swerve, twitch, upspring, upsurge, vault, wrench |
| Main Entry: | belly flop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dive in which front smacks water |
| Synonyms: | belly buster, belly flopper, belly whop, belly whopper, nosedive, plunge |
| Main Entry: | downslide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decline |
| Synonyms: | decrease, descent, deterioration, dive, downfall, downswing, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble |
| Main Entry: | downswing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decline |
| Synonyms: | decrease, descent, deterioration, dip, dive, downfall, downslide, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble |
| Main Entry: | dropoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decline |
| Synonyms: | decrease, descent, deterioration, dip, dive, downfall, downslide, downswing, downturn, drop, fall, falling off, falloff, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble |
| Main Entry: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower, descend |
| Synonyms: | bend, decline, disappear, droop, drop down, fade, fall, go down, incline, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, reach, recede, sag, set, settle, sheer, sink, skew, skid, slant, slip, slope, slue, slump, spiral, subside, swoop, tilt, tumble, veer, verge |
| Antonyms: | ascend, raise |
| Main Entry: | dive |
| 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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