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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"

slip, steal

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

stop, halt

v. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"

finish, end, stop, halt, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

wallow, welter, roll around

v. roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

jump, start, startle, move suddenly

v. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

swing, sway

v. move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"

decline, go down

v. go down; "The roof declines here"

seesaw, teeter, totter

v. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

lurch, stagger, careen, reel, keel, swag

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

daze, stun, bedaze

v. overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her"

interchange, flip, switch, flip-flop, alternate

v. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

seesaw, teeter, totter

v. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

lurch, stagger

v. move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road"

trip, stumble

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

turn over, capsize

v. overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"

overturn, upset, bowl over, turn over, tip over, knock over

v. cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"

shift, careen, sway, tilt, wobble

v. move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"

wind, weave, thread, meander

v. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"

waver, falter

v. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

founder

v. stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"

waggle, reel, wamble

v. move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion

block, stop, halt, kibosh, put the kibosh on

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

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"

slip, steal

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

draw

v. move or go steadily or gradually; "The ship drew near the shore"

drive, pull

v. of a car; "The van pulled up"

jump, start, startle, move suddenly

v. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

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