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Nouns (23)

zone

n. a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features

zone

n. an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic

drop

n. a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)

drop

n. the income from the sale of chips

drop

n. the act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would be successful"

drop

n. a central depository where things can be left or picked up

zone, zona

n. (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure

zone, zona

n. (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure

drop, dip, fall, free fall

n. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"

cliff, drop, drop-off

n. a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop"

drop, bead, pearl

n. a shape that is spherical and small; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"

drop, drib, driblet

n. a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); "he had a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man"; "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling

Verbs (31)

drop

v. take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth; "She dropped acid when she was a teenager"

drop

v. omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing; " New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's"

drop

v. to score with a drop kick

drop

v. to throw a ball through or into a basket or other goal

drop

v. terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket"

drop

v. change from one level to another; "She dropped into army jargon"

drop

v. go down in value; "Stock prices dropped"

drop

v. let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes"

drop

v. to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"

drop

v. give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning"

drop

v. fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop"

zone, district

v. regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns

drop, knock off

v. stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"

flatten, drop

v. lower the pitch of (musical notes)

dangle, swing, drop

v. hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"

fell, drop, strike down, cut down

v. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

drop, dismiss, send away, send packing

v. stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

sink, drop, drop down

v. fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

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Fuzzynyms (246)

precinct

n. a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

region

n. a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"

quadrant

n. any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes

quadrant, quarter-circle

n. a quarter of the circumference of a circle

quarter

n. a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"

sector

n. a portion of a military position

ward

n. a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections

area, country

n. a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"

territory, soil

n. the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"

area, country

n. a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"

territory, soil

n. the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"

territory, soil

n. the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"

sector

n. a portion of a military position

ward

n. a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections

area, country

n. a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"

precinct

n. a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

quarter

n. a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"

bluff

n. a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit

n. the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"

lacrimal secretion, lachrymal secretion

n. saline fluid secreted by lacrimal glands; lubricates the surface of the eyeball

bubble

n. a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic

pellet

n. a small sphere

drip, drip mold, drip mould

n. (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

globule

n. a small globe or ball

crumb

n. small piece of e.g. bread or cake

leave, leave alone, leave behind

v. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

doff

v. remove; "He doffed his hat"

clear

v. remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"

cast off

v. make the last row of stitches when knitting

abandon, forsake, desolate, desert

v. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

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 fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

plunge

v. dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"

submerge, submerse

v. sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

trickle, dribble, filter

v. run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in"

drip

v. fall in drops; "Water is dripping from the faucet"

cast off

v. make the last row of stitches when knitting

carry

v. propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence"

dip, sink

v. appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"

lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down

v. move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"

fell, drop, strike down, cut down

v. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

submerge, submerse

v. sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

deck, bedight, bedeck

v. decorate; "deck the halls with holly"

exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release

v. eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away

v. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

fade, wither

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

misfire

v. fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"

stagger, flounder

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

flounder

v. behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

stumble, falter, bumble

v. walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"

bumble, stutter, stammer, falter

v. speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

crash

v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

fail, go wrong, miscarry

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down

v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

taper

v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

shrink, shrivel

v. decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

decline, go down, wane

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

deteriorate

v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

stop, halt, block, kibosh

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

lapse, backslide

v. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

get worse, relapse

v. deteriorate in health; "he relapsed"

revert

v. undergo reversion, as in a mutation

slump, slide down, sink

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

fail

v. get worse; "Her health is declining"

pine away, waste, languish

v. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

wilt

v. lose strength; "My opponent was wilting"

purse, wrinkle

v. gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"

decline

v. go down; "The roof declines here"

abandon, give up

v. give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"

abandon, give up

v. stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"

leave, leave alone, leave behind

v. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

flush, level, even out, even

v. make level or straight; "level the ground"

flatten, flatten out

v. become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened"

smooth, smoothen

v. make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood"

align, aline, line up, adjust

v. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"

grade

v. level to the right gradient

iron, iron out, press

v. press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing"

squeeze

v. press firmly; "He squeezed my hand"

polish, smooth, smoothen, shine

v. make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"

level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down

v. tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

tumble

v. put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"

squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze

v. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

powderize, pulverize, pulverise, powderise

v. become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized"

powder, powderize, pulverize

v. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"

squish

v. put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action

suspend

v. hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"

chop

v. strike sharply, as in some sports

down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down

v. cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

plunge

v. dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"

drip

v. fall in drops; "Water is dripping from the faucet"

tumble, topple

v. fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

flop

v. fall suddenly and abruptly

lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down

v. move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"

drop

v. to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"

pitch

v. fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"

hew, hew out

v. make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"

deck, bedight, bedeck

v. decorate; "deck the halls with holly"

keep out

v. remain outside

chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off

v. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

quench

v. cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"

give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate

v. terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman"

disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with

v. terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"

decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

fail

v. get worse; "Her health is declining"

weaken

v. lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"

Synonyms (3)

strike

v. deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"

send, direct

v. cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"

Antonyms (36)

increase, increment

n. the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"

pour

v. cause to run; "pour water over the floor"

have, have got, hold

v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

resurrect, rise, uprise

v. return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"

recuperate

v. restore to good health or strength

better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor

v. gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"

sharpen

v. raise the pitch of (musical notes)

increase

v. make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

resurrect, rise, uprise

v. return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"

straighten

v. get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered"

better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

v. to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

increase

v. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

increase

v. make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

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