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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression |
| Synonyms: | basin, bowl, concavity, crater, dent, dimple, dip, excavation, hole, hollow, impression, indentation, pit, pocket, sag, scoop*, sink, sinkage, vacuity, vacuum, valley, void |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | depression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concavity, cavity |
| Synonyms: | basin, bowl, crater, dent, dimple, dip, excavation, hole, hollow, impression, indentation, pit, pocket, sag, scoop, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, vacuity, vacuum, valley, void |
| Antonyms: | bulge, convexity, protuberance |
| 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: | hollow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty or dented area |
| Synonyms: | basin, bottom, bowl, cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, channel, cleft, concavity, crater, cup, dale, den, depression, dimple, dip, dish, excavation, groove, gulf, hole, indentation, notch, pit, pocket, sag, scoop, sinkage, sinkhole, socket, trough, vacuity, valley, void |
| Antonyms: | solid |
| Main Entry: | sag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drop, decline |
| Synonyms: | basin, cant, concavity, depression, dip, distortion, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, droop, fall, fall-off, hollow, list, settling, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, sinking, slant, slip, slump, tilt |
| Antonyms: | increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | water table |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | level of water |
| Synonyms: | aquifer, artesian basin, artesian spring, sinkhole, water level |
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| Concept: | Depression. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
lowering; depression; dip (concavity); abasement; detrusion; reduction., overthrow, overset, overturn; upset; prostration, subversion, precipitation., bow; courtesy, curtsy; genuflexion, genuflection, kowtow, obeisance, salaam.
-verbs
depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg; cast; let drop, let fall; sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude, pitch, precipitate., overthrow, overturn, overset; upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell; cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down; rase to the ground; trample in the dust, pull about one's ears., sit, sit down; couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow; courtesy, curtsy; bob, duck, dip, kneel; bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head; cower; recline (be horizontal).
-adjectives
depressed; at a low ebb; prostrate (horizontal); detrusive.
-phrases
facinus quos inquinat aequat [Lucan].
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| Antonyms: | elevation |
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