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stoop

v. debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"

fall, come down, go down

v. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

condescend, deign

v. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

derive, come from

v. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"

bend, deflect, turn away

v. turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

fall, come down, go down, descend

v. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

land, bring ashore

v. bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"

bring, go for, fetch, bring in, sell for

v. be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction"

plummet, plump, drop sharply

v. drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted"

jump, leap, spring, bound

v. move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

break, fail, go, die, give, break down, conk out, give out, give way

v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

tumble, collapse, break down, crumble, crumple

v. fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

fall, decrease, diminish, lessen

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

fall

v. pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"

sink, slump, slide down

v. fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"

stoop, descend

v. debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"

trip, stumble

v. miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"

slip, steal

v. move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"

stagger, flounder

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

lurch, stagger, careen, reel, keel, swag

v. walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"

flag, swag, sag, droop, loll

v. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

drape

v. "drape a cloth"

land, bring, bring into a different state

v. bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"

shore

v. serve as a shore to; "The river was shored by trees"

settle, resolve, decide

v. bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"

stoop, crouch, bow, bend down

v. bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

patronize, condescend to

v. treat condescendingly

issue

v. bring out an official document (such as a warrant)

collapse, cave in, founder, give way, fall in

v. break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

climb, mount, go up, climb up

v. go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"

glide, fly a glider

v. fly in or as if in a glider plane

glide, move effortlessly

v. move smoothly and effortlessly

soar, zoom, surge, soar up, soar upwards, rise rapidly

v. rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"

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