| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To bring oneself down to a lower level of behavior: lower2, sink, stoop. See RISE. 2. To have hereditary derivation: derive, issue, spring. Idioms: trace one's descent. See KIN. 3. To become lower in quality, character, or condition: atrophy, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, retrograde, sink, worsen. Idioms: go bad, go to pot, go to seed , go to the dogs. See BETTER. 4. To slope downward: decline, dip, drop, fall, pitch, sink. See RISE. 5. To move downward in response to gravity: drop, fall. See RISE.
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