| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. Informal. To lose strength or power. Also used with out: decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, flag2, languish, sink, wane, waste (away), weaken. Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids. See INCREASE, STRONG. 2. To make a sharp sibilant sound: fizz, hiss, sibilate, sizzle, swish, whiz, whoosh. See SOUNDS.
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| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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